KJMK (93.9 FM) is a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

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broadcasting from

Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper and Newton County, Missouri, Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. J ...

, with an effective radiated power of 48,000 watts. KJMK used to be a part of the family-owned Zimmer Radio Group. The stations were sold in July 2007 to James Zimmer and he created a new company called Zimmer Radio, Inc.

History

This station started out as "KIX 94 FM", a country station. Later, KIX (KIXQ) was moved down the dial to 102.5 FM, replacing another country station, Country KAT (KJKT), at that frequency. The station was relaunched as an AC station, "Magic 93.9". Later, the station transitioned to "Lite Rock 93.9". On March 2, 2012, KJMK changed their format to classic hits, branded as "Classic Hits 93.9". This leaves Joplin without an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

station other than

KDMO KDMO (1490 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a nostalgia format; during the holidays the station plays Christmas music. It is licensed to Carthage, Missouri, and serves the greater Joplin, Missouri, area. The station is owned by Car ...

in nearby Carthage, and the weaker signals from KGLC in Miami, Oklahoma, and

KBVA KBVA (106.5 MHz) is a commercial FM broadcasts in HD with 2 sub channels radio station licensed to Bella Vista, Arkansas, and serving Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. The station is owned by John Lykins, through ...

in Bella Vista, Arkansas.

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