true . local . radio . frequency 97.7 mhz first air date 1984 format alternative erp 15 000 watts haat 134.0 meters 439.6 ft class c2 facility id 57335 transmitter coordinates 39 38 5 n 106 26 47 w 39.63472 n 106.44639 w 39.63472 ; 106.44639 coordinates 39 38 5 n 106 26 47 w 39.63472 n 106.44639 w 39.63472 ; 106.44639 owner cool radio llc webcast official website website official website kzyr 97.7 fm the zephyr is a radio station broadcasting an alternative music format . 1 licensed to avon colorado usa the station is currently owned by cool radio llc . 2 the zephyr appeared on the scene in 1984 as the brave new world at 103.1 fm as a class a fm station the fourth radio station in the eagle valley . studios were located in avon co upstairs in the benchmark building . created by jerry davis and programmed by fred moore they developed a new format called adult album rock and later was recognized by the record companies as adult album alternative aaa rock . playing songs much deeper on the album based on what they thought was the good stuff . some notable citation needed kzyr names of that era were fred moore don james larry woodside tony mauro joanie williams don joseph kent gubbler kate collins frank johnson rick halterman and greg wright mike richter matt shane gary wolfe and kevin mcpartland who would become kaptain kevin on wrcn wdha and wbab to name but a few . the dead air feature once drew an interesting letter from jerry garcia of the grateful dead on letterhead of his appreciation for the recognition . citation needed the mountain things changed in the mid 1990s as a few different owners fiddled with the format and relaunched the zephyr as an alternative rock station known not so creatively according to whom as the mountain . in the winter of 2001 the station s new owners cool radio llc moved the station from 103.1 fm to its new home at 97.7 fm and relaunched the zephyr . the morning show is hosted by the voice of the vail valley vail daily newspaper steve leigh . leigh is a music aficionado who plays only the good stuff . the zephyr features various programs like fusion a unique one of a kind show citation needed featuring music from around the world . kzyr also features programs highlighting the many talented artists of colorado the colorado wave and e town . the wave is the original homegrown music showcase while e town explores a variety of issues and sounds from and about the great state of colorado . e town is a lot like the zephyr because it is about music ideas and community . the zephyr is extremely proud citation needed to present jazz at its peak . a sunday jazz brunch show that is hosted by the infamous tony g. vail s premiere music entertainer highlights jazz old and new every sunday starting at 10 am . one love music is the reggae show airing on wednesday nights . hosted by dj weez . playing the best reggae around . every monday on the zephyr is new music monday ; new artists and tracks are played all day and during the 6 o clock news all the news songs from the day are played at once . official website offers information about each new artist or cd played during new music monday . true.local.deals 1 gives listeners deals on great stuff from around the vail valley . community focus is the only show in the eagle valley to offer listeners both a chance to hear about local and national community related issues and watch guests on channel 18 every wednesday night . host by ron robbins . other kzyr highlights include the wine wizard weekly wines are selected by local wine wizard and discussed . the colorado 14er gives listeners 14 songs in a row every morning . local state and national news updates weather road and snow reports live bands every friday local bands and artists featured at loaded joes play a set discuss shows with dj weez every friday around 5pm . the last dj every friday morning community members and business play dj for an hour in the morning . coverage of the birds of prey world cup races party for the planet a community celebration of earth day . hosted by kzyr eagle valley alliance for sustainability and the gore range natural science school coverage of local high school sports . battle mountain husky football in the fall and husky hockey and basketball in the winter . references edit station information profile . arbitron . summer 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 22 . kzyr facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 2009 08 22 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kzyr radio locator information on kzyr query nielsen audio s fm station database for kzyr retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kzyr & oldid 728823704 categories radio stations in coloradomodern rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1984hidden categories coordinates on wikidataall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011all articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 july 2016 at 22 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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