On weekdays, the schedule features mostly local talk shows including Bob Clark in morning drive time, Brandon Vogt middays, TJ Trout afternoons and Eric Strauss in the evening.

Weekends includes shows on money, health, home repair, gardening, cars, travel and technology, some of which are paid brokered programming.

)[5] In early April 2001, 96.3 became a classic rock station branded as "The Buzzard", with the call sign changing to KBZU.

That format also included the syndicated Bob & Tom Show in the morning, and in late 2006, it added Opie and Anthony in the afternoon.

Citadel Broadcasting also divested KBZU to Last Bastion Station Trust on June 12, 2007, but it was reclaimed by the now-Cumulus Media effective April 30, 2013.

KBZU aired a Spanish language sports talk format broadcasting the national ESPN Deportes Radio network from August 2, 2008 until May 15, 2009.

Described as a "Hot AC for Country", the format focuses on popular country hits from the mid-1980s to early 2000s from the biggest artists of that time (the "Icons") such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Shania Twain and Alan Jackson along with some new material to be released on the new "Nash Icon" record label.

[7] In April 2015, Tony Lynn, who had been a long time morning host at KRST in the 1990s and KBQI from 2000-2011, returned to the air on KBZU in the afternoon.

[9] The simulcast reflects a trend with young-to-middle aged listeners avoiding the AM band, even for a radio station they might like if heard on FM.