93.5 FM, Paxton (North Platte)

Through the Years

• 2007

  October 22, 2007-  KZTL signs on with 100,000 watts at 741 feet.  Transmitter location:  four miles south of I-80 at Road East 50 and Road East TS, four miles south of Paxton, 30 miles west of North Platte.   Format:  “Wild Country 93.5.”

• 2013

  May 3, 2013- KZTL goes to Armada Media in a trade that includes Legacy’s KRNP 100.5 FM Sutherland-North Platte for eight stations in the Scottsbluff and North Platte markets.

• 2018

  Legacy Communications/Hometown Family Radio retakes day-to-day operations of its six stations in the Scottsbluff market and two in the North Platte market including KZTL after five years of Armada Media running the stations thru a Local Marketing Agreement.   KZTL had been operated alongside Armada’s three stations in North Platte, but now moves to the Hometown Radio facility at 721 East B Street in North Platte.

• 2020

  Eagle Communications acquires KZTL along with KRNP Sutherland from Legacy/Hometown for $300,000.  Eagle began operating the stations on September 1, 2020 through a local marketing agreement.  Studios/offices move to Eagle’s radio cluster at 1301 East 4th Street in North Platte.