Z92.5 Your Power Station
The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972, and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s, including top 40 as "Your Power Station Z92.5 as its current calls KZPS originated from as MetroMedia owned the station before selling it to Bonneville International in the Summer of 1986. 92.5 was flipped to classic hits in 1987 and jazz before settling on a long-standing classic rock format.
A number of different owners have owned the station, beginning with Metromedia and Times Herald Printing. Clear Channel bought the station from Evergreen Media, which had acquired it from Bonneville International in 1997.
Notable disk jockeys from the many who have worked at the station include Sam Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") and Jon Dillon: all of whom are still currently working at KZPS; Stubie Doak (nights); Pamela Steele (middays);Benn McGregor ("McGregor" - 1982–86 writer/producer, co-host Morning Drive w/ Andy Barber 1984–85); Jerry Vigil (middays, production director); Pete Thomson (afternoons); John Shomby (program director); Paul Donovan (evenings).
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