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KZII-FM
City of license	Lubbock, Texas
Broadcast area	Lubbock
Branding	Z102
Slogan	"Lubbock's #1 Hit Music Station"
First air date	1992
Frequency	102.5 MHz
Format	Top 40
ERP	100,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	K Z 1-0-"II" for 2
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Website	www.z102.com

KZII-FM Lubbock, "Z102" is a Top 40 radio station owned by Clear Channel Communications.

[edit] History

KZII went on air as KRUX in mid March 1982. Studios were on the third floor of the Plains Bank building at 5010 50th, and the transmitter was at 98th and University (the KJTV tower). Station featured "six packs" of country music. It was owned by Rex Broadcasting Corporation of owner of KCUB (AM) and KIIM (FM) in Tucson, Az, and KROD (AM) and KLAQ (FM) in El Paso, Texas.

Rex was owned by Jim Sloane, and had filed for the station on 102.5 in 1977. A couple of other local stations (580 KDAV and 1590 KEND) also filed for the channel. The original engineering had been prepared by Guy Smith at the Ray Moran stations (Albuquerque and Roswell). Moran filed for 101.1 in 1973 and received it unopposed in 1973, went on air in 1974. Sloane delayed filing until the later seventies and ended up in a comparative hearing for the station.

KRUX was sold to the owners of crosstown 790 KFYO (AM) in mid 1985. Z102/KFYO studios were located at the KFYO transmitter site on Slide Road south of Lubbock near FM 1585. The studios were then moved to the then Gulfstar (later AM/FM, and currently Clear Channel) studios at 4413 82nd Street (82nd and Quaker) in the late 90s. By year end in 1985, the transmitter had been relocated to a temporary location in north Lubbock, and in 1985-1986 the transmitter was moved to a new tower at 82nd and Avenue P (The Lubbock Tower) shared by then 94.5 KFMX, 96.3 KLLL, 99.5 KRLB, and 102.5 KFYO-FM. (Later 98.1 KKCL moved in, and still later 95.5 KAIQ)

KFYO AM-FM were sold to one of the Hicks family controlled groups that were later rolled up into Clear Channel Communications.

On-Air, Z102's positioning included Hot Hitz, 102.5 Z102; H - I - T - Z102 (How you spell Hits); Continuous Hit Music, 102.5 Z102; Your #1 Hit Music Station, 102.5 Z102; and is currently Lubbock's #1 Hit Music Station, Z102.

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Radio stations in the Lubbock, Texas market (Arbitron #183)

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