KQPZ
classic hits radio station in Lewistown, Montana, United States
KQPZ (95.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lewistown, Montana. The station is owned by Montana Broadcast Communications, Inc. It airs a rock music format.
The station was assigned the KLCM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 2, 1978. The station changed its call sign to KQPZ and its format to rock on April 1, 2018 after 43 years with its classic hits format.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “KQPZ” is classic hits radio station in Lewistown, Montana, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through KQPZ, classic and hits, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “classic hits radio station in Lewistown, Montana, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6332482. Authority coordinates are 47.070, -109.407. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978 and 2018.
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Three-step research path
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This entry incorporates text from “KQPZ” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.