KCLZ

KCLZ
Simulcasting KCLB-FM Coachella
Twentynine Palms, California
Broadcast area	Twentynine Palms, Palm Springs
Frequency	95.5 MHz
Branding	93.7 KCLB
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock
Ownership
Owner	Alpha Media LLC (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KCLB-FM, KDES-FM, KDGL, KKUU, KNWZ, KPSI-FM
History
First air date	1996
Former call signs	KKCM (6/2011-10/2011) KQCM (2011–2014)
Call sign meaning	similar to KCLB
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	183327
Class	A
ERP	3,800 watts
HAAT	70 meters (230 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°09′16″N 116°12′4″W / 34.15444°N 116.20111°W / 34.15444; -116.20111
Repeater(s)	93.7 MHz (KCLB)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	937kclb.com

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station to Desert Willow Broadcasters on February 5, 1993.^[4] The station was assigned the call sign KHWX on March 12, 1993, and changed its call sign to KKJT on July 22, 1994. The station received its license to cover on October 21, 1996.^[5] On October 6, 1997, the station's license was assigned by Desert Willow to Three D Radio, Inc.^[6] On January 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to KDHI. Following a bankruptcy filing by Three D, the station's license was assigned on July 6, 2004, to Copper Mountain Broadcasting. The price for the transaction, which included the license for sister station KKJT, was $350,000.^[7] The station changed its call sign to the current KCLZ on January 3, 2014.^[8]

On October 20, 2011, KQCM and its CHR format moved from 92.1 FM Joshua Tree, CA (now KKCM, simulcasting country-formatted KXCM 96.3 FM Twentynine Palms, CA) to 95.5 FM Twentynine Palms, CA (new frequency that just signed on the air).

On January 1, 2014, KQCM and its CHR format moved to 105.3 FM Twentynine Palms, CA (formerly talk-formatted KRSX-FM), while the 95.5 FM frequency became a simulcast of mainstream rock-formatted KCLB 93.7 FM Coachella, CA, under new calls, KCLZ.

On May 21, 2015, Morris Communications' MCC Radio, LLC closed on its acquisition of KCLZ in exchange for KFSQ.

Morris Communications sold KCLZ and thirty-two other stations to Alpha Media LLC effective September 1, 2015, at a purchase price of $38.25 million.