KJIL is a
Christian radio station broadcasting on 99.1 FM, licensed to
Copeland, Kansas and serving the areas of
Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...
,
Garden City, Kansas, and
Liberal, Kansas
Liberal is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 19,825. Liberal is home of Seward County Community College.
History
Early settler S. S. Rogers built the first hous ...
. The station is owned by Great Plains Christian Radio.
The station's format consists primarily of
Christian contemporary music, with a few
Christian talk and teaching programs.
History
KJIL began broadcasting September 5, 1992.
The station's first translator began broadcasting in 1994.
In December 1999, 90.7 KJOV in
Woodward, Oklahoma
Woodward is a city in and the county seat of Woodward County, Oklahoma, Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the largest city in a nine-county area. The population was 11,975 at the United States Census, 2020, United States Census.
T ...
began simulcasting KJIL. Great Plains Christian Radio purchased the station for $60,000 the following year.
In 2001, Great Plains Christian Radio acquired
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
formatted KDMM-FM 105.7 in
Herington, Kansas, and the station adopted a Christian contemporary format, with its call sign being changed to KJRL.
Translators
KJIL is also heard on translators throughout
Kansas
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,
Oklahoma,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, and
Colorado
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, as well as on full power stations KJRL 105.7 in Herington, Kansas, KJLG 91.9 in
Emporia, Kansas, KJVL 88.1 in
Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas, United States, and located on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch". As of the 2020 ...
, KJLJ 88.5 in
Scott City, Kansas
Scott City is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,113.
History
Early history
For millennia, the Great Plains of North America were inhabited by noma ...
, KNGM 88.9 in
Guymon, Oklahoma
Guymon ( ) is a city and county seat of Texas County, in the panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,965, an increase of 13.3% from 11,442 in 2010, and represents more than half of the population o ...
, KJOV 90.7 in Woodward, Oklahoma, and KJHL 90.9 in
Boise City, Oklahoma
Boise City ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Cimarron County, in the Panhandle of Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,166 at the 2020 census, a decline of 7.9 percent from 1,266 in 2010.
History
Boise City was founded in 1908 ...
.
Listen Near You
, KJIL. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
References
External links
KJIL's website
{{Religious Radio Stations in Oklahoma
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Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Kansas
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