The station airs a Gospel music format and is owned by Martin Broadcasting, Inc.[2] KZZB was first licensed as KTRM in Beaumont on July 9, 1947, as a 250-watt daytime-only facility, from a licensed transmission site at 3240 Washington Boulevard, and owned by KTRM, Incorporated.
The original studio location for KTRM was the South Coast Life Building at 230 Orleans Street in Beaumont.
& Odom St., while also taking the daytime-only facility to the current 1 kilowatt full-time operation.
J.P. Richardson (more commonly known by his stage name The Big Bopper) made his debut at KTRM in 1949 as an announcer before becoming a Top-40 performer.
Country music legend George Jones worked there when his career was first starting out.