KJFX (95.7 FM, "The Fox") is a commercial

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located in

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, and owned by One Putt Broadcasting. KJFX airs a

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music format. Its studios are located at 1415 Fulton Street in downtown Fresno. The transmitter is northeast of Clovis. KJFX broadcasts two channels in HD.

History

The origin of this station goes back to legendary radio owner,

Gene Chenault Drake-Chenault Enterprises (originally American Independent Radio Inc.) was a radio syndication company that specialized in automation on FM radio stations. The company was founded in the late-1960s by radio programmer and deejay Bill Drake (1937� ...

. He owned the "Boss Radio" KYNO (AM 1300). The FCC granted a new license in 1970 for 95.5 MHz. Call letters were KYNO-FM and later changed to KPHD in 1972. The first music to be played was the automated "Hit Parade '70" in early 1970. Boss Radio was on the AM side and the Drake-Chenault provided programming kicked off the FM. KPHD changed their call letters to KYNO-FM in 1977. KYNO-FM moved from 95.5 to 95.7 MHz in 1984. The station was originally an automated playing the Drake-Chenault Hit Parade 70 format adopting the

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of KYNO-FM. The format was later changed to a

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format, branded as "Rock 96 FM". The format changed to

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in 1978. In the 1980s, the format was changed to

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branded as "96 FM" to compete with KBOS and KMGX. In the late 1980s, the branding was changed to "Hot 96". In February 1990, the format was changed to a

music format with a change to its present

, KJFX. On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, KJFX and sister stations

KFRR KFRR (104.1 FM) is a commercial alternative rock music radio station in Woodlake, California, broadcasting to the Fresno, California area. Its studios are located at One Putt Broadcasting in Downtown Fresno, across from the historic Warnors Th ...

and KJZN were purchased by One Putt from Wilks Broadcasting. On January 30, 2015, the purchase was consummated.

The Fox today

The Fox is a dominant music station with men in

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despite a crowded radio market. Current staff/programing consists of the Bob and Tom Show, Kacy Allen,Koyote, Jeff Mora, Big Dog and the syndicated

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program "

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References

External links

KJFX official websiteKJFX MySpace Page
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