Z Rock - Legacy

Legacy

When the Z-Rock radio network was shut down by the end of 1996, affiliates were free to adopt the Z-Rock name and/or imaging. Some of them are still using it today:

• KRQR 106.7 in Chico, California
• WXZZ Z Rock 103 in Lexington, Kentucky
• WTZR Z Rock 99-3 in Elizabethton, Tennessee
• KHTB 94.9 Z-Rock in Salt Lake City, Utah

Tracy Barnes and Scorchin' Scotty went on to found HardRadio.

Former Z-Rock DJ's, Madd Maxx Hammer, Wild Bill Scott and Jason Lee Tipton are currently on KDKT.US, a digital hard rock radio station.

A fully moderated, 24-hour modern rock radio stream is still being produced for the Armed Forces Network (AFN) and is available on the digital AFN satellite lineup (with AFN Uninterruptable Voice, besides the Pentagon Channel, the only unencrypted offering on the European AFN Hot Bird transponder).

The weekly, four-hour modern rock chart program Z-Rock 50 was part of AFN The Eagle (Sundays 5pm - 9pm CET) andcould be heard in many locations throughout Europe and the Middle East. It was taken off the air in Spring 2009. The program is also available to other broadcasters worldwide from ABC Radio Networks International (now Citadel Media Networks).

Citadel Media in 2010 started up a new satellite Active Rock service called "The Nerve." Unlike traditional rock stations and networks, The Nerve personalities are rock music core listeners who happen to be on the radio, instead of the DJs themselves.