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KJOL (620 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a
KJOL was first licensed, as KSTR, to the Mountain States Broadcasting Company in Grand Junction, for 5,000 watts daytime-only on 620 kHz. The station changed its call sign to KKTK on March 1, 1994, to KKGM on October 12, 1994, and to KBZS on September 2, 1996.
(FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. Notice lists the station under its earlier (and later) call sign of KSTR. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.
Coverage Area
KJOL. Accessed September 23, 2012
FCC History Cards
(covering 1956-1981 as KSTR) JOL Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Grand Junction, Colorado Moody Radio affiliate stations Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-radio-station-stub
Christian
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format. Licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, the station serves the Grand Junction area. The station is owned by United Ministries.
History
KJOL was first licensed, as KSTR, to the Mountain States Broadcasting Company in Grand Junction, for 5,000 watts daytime-only on 620 kHz. The station changed its call sign to KKTK on March 1, 1994, to KKGM on October 12, 1994, and to KBZS on September 2, 1996.
Expanded Band assignment
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available " Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KBZS authorized to move from 620 to 1680 kHz."FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"(FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. Notice lists the station under its earlier (and later) call sign of KSTR. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.
Later history
On January 30, 1998, the station became KKGM for a second time, and later call changes included KKGJ on August 14, 1998, KSTR for a second time on December 4, 1998, KRDY on March 15, 1999, and on March 22 of that year, KRDY became anaffiliate
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of Radio Disney
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children's network. KSTR for a third time on August 7, 2000, and KJOL on April 23, 2001.
Translators
KJOL is also heard on KJYE AM 1400 inDelta, Colorado
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and KJOL-FM 91.9 in Montrose, Colorado, as well as translators on 99.5 FM in Grand Junction, Colorado and on 91.3 FM in Paonia & Hotchkiss, Colorado
Hotchkiss is a statutory town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The population was 944 at the 2010 census.
A post office called Hotchkiss has been in operation since 1882. The town is named after Enos T. Hotchkiss, a local pioneer.
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.KJOL. Accessed September 23, 2012
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FCC History Cards
(covering 1956-1981 as KSTR) JOL Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Grand Junction, Colorado Moody Radio affiliate stations Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-radio-station-stub