KOBB-FM, Bozeman
signed on the air in 1980 as KBZN and was owned by Bill Reier. The transmitter was
located at the Radio Ranch on Johnson Road and the format was Top 40.
This is the FM transmitter building at the Reier Broadcast Center on
Johnson Road. The original configuration was two combined Collins 831G-3
25,000 Watt FM transmitters feeding a four-bay FM antenna on Tower 5. Note
the five-inch feed line and iso-coupler.
In 1981, KBZN was moved to the Story Hill Electronic Site. At that time, the tower was 150 feet tall,
and supported only one FM station. This December, 2000 photo shows the tower as extended to 230 feet,
with antennas for both KOBB-FM and KZLO.
This Collins 831G-3 25,000 Watt FM transmitter was installed at the
Story Hill site by Steve Campbell in 1981.
KOBB-FM backup transmitter, a Wilkinson FM-10,000E, installed by Steve Campbell
and Randy Rocks at the Johnson Road site in 1991. It was in regular use after the station
moved from Story Hill in March, 2003.
These beautiful oak-faced steel-reinforced equipment racks in the KOBB studio were built by Steve Campbell.
At the time of the photo, they held much of the support equipment for the stations.
Program Director Anne Barnaby in the Oldies studio, 26-Oct-2004.
The Collins transmitter was re-installed at the Johnson Road site in
November, 2006.
In May, 2009, power was increased to 51 kW.
KOBB-FM Technical Summary
FCC Facility ID=16776
Frequency=93.7 MHz
Effective Radiated Power=51 kW
KOBB-FM serves Big Sky on translator
K288ES on 105.5 MHz.
KOBB-FM serves Livingston on translator
K240CO on 95.9 MHz.
KOZB (FM) serves Livington with translator
K265AS on 100.9 MHz.
Story Hill Electronic Site.
Green Mountain Electronic Site.
This page updated 14-Mar-2016.
