KFMZ was a radio station on 98.3 FM in Columbia, Missouri, which broadcast between 1971 and 2001.
KFMZ went off the air when its licensee, Contemporary Media, Inc., had all of its licenses cancelled in response to a Federal Communications Commission investigation.
The 98.3 frequency remained vacant for 15 years until KDVC signed on in November 2016.
In 1974, a fire in downtown Columbia tore through a block of businesses; KFMZ's studios were affected by smoke damage, and employees moved equipment out by hand.
[3] The next year, the Federal Communications Commission opened a hearing to revoke the licenses of all of the stations owned by Contemporary Media and its sister companies, Contemporary Broadcasting and Lake Broadcasting.