KWYZ
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| City | Everett, Washington |
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| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
| Branding | Radio Hankook |
| Slogan | June 1957 |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Format | K-pop/News |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 54040 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°58′06″N 122°10′24″W / 47.96833°N 122.17333°W |
| Former callsigns | KQTY (1957-1962) |
| Owner | Radio Hankook, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KSUH |
| Website | radiohankook.com |
KWYZ (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Everett, Washington, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1957, is currently owned by Radio Hankook, Inc. Jean J. Suh, the owner of Radio Hankook, is a pioneer in Korean-language radio programming in the United States.
KWYZ broadcasts a mix of Korean language programming to the northern Seattle metropolitan area in a simulcast partnership with sister station KSUH (1450 AM). In addition to Korean popular music (also known as "K-pop"), Radio Hankook airs up to six hours of daily talk radio programming, including local and Korean news, information for recent immigrants, and community affairs. Other programming includes a program for children in both Korean and English plus a short twice-daily show for all ages that aims to teach basic English language skills.
This station signed on the air in June 1957 as KQTY broadcasting with 250 watts of power on a frequency of 1230 kHz. KQTY was originally licensed to the Snohomish County Broadcasting Company which, along with stations in California, North Dakota, and Montana, was part of the Walter N. "Wally" Nelskog stations group. In 1960, the station was granted a construction permit by the FCC to increase its daytime signal power to 1,000 watts while maintaining a 250 watt signal at night.
On April 1, 1962, the station was acquired by the Snohomish County Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Clifford H. Hansen who also served as the station's general manager. The new owners had the FCC change the station's call sign to KWYZ. This situation remained stable until February 16, 1972, when the Snohomish County Broadcasting Corporation was acquired by Robert Brown. In June 1974, the new owners dropped the station's middle of the road music format in favor of country music. In May 1975, Brown changed the name of the license holder to Prime Time Broadcasting, Inc.
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