KZIZ
radio station in Pacific, Washington
KZIZ (1560 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pacific, Washington, United States, and serving the Seattle-Tacoma market. It carries a South Asian format known as "Radio Punjab", with affiliated stations in San Francisco, Sacramento and other West Coast markets. The station is owned by Charanjit Singh Batth, through licensee Akal Media, Inc, and has a transmitter sited in Auburn, Washington.
Former radio station on this frequency
The 1560 kHz frequency in this area was previously occupied by a station licensed to Sumner known as KDFL from 1965 to 1980 and as KFWY from 1980 to 1982. The last ownership group of the station, headed by Andy Cratsenberg and featuring a series of notable local sports personalities, ran the station from nearby Federal Way. It last broadcast in May 1982.
History
Lloyd Hannah had been an engineer for KFWY. After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) canceled KFWY's license, Hannah applied for the frequency in March 1984. By January 1986, Hannah's station was on the air as KARP, airing religious programming. KARP changed call signs to KFRS on May 1, 1986. The station struggled to find advertisers and, under owner Don Shorter, moved its studios to Tacoma in 1988.
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