KZOK signed on in 1964 as KTW-FM and whose formats included top 40 for 9 months, then a country format they called "The Nashville Sound" and next was a talk radio format (1965–1971), religious (1971–1974), progressive rock (1974–1975; 1974 was when they picked up the KZOK calls) and AOR (1975–1986), flipped formats to its current incarnation in July 1987. They are one of two classic rock/hits outlets targeting the Puget Sound region, with Bellingham's KISM-FM being the other. To some classic rock is a troublesome term because it encompasses a wide range of pop, folk and what is now considered ...