KJWL is a commercial

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located in

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, broadcasting on 99.3 FM. The station airs 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 ...

format and is branded as "K-Jewel 99.3 FM". Its studios are located on the

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strip in downtown Fresno, while its transmitter is located atop the Golden State County Plaza, also in downtown.

History

The station signed on the air in 1994 as KJWL with an adult standards music format. The station later evolved towards

soft 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, quiet sto ...

, and then

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, all under the "K-Jewel" branding. On January 2, 2017, after stunting on New Year's Day with a loop of " Right Now" by

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(as "K-Jewel" moved to KJZN and shifted back to Soft AC), KJWL flipped to Top 40/CHR as "99.3 Now FM". On January 5, 2017, KJWL changed its call letters to KJZN. On January 18, 2017, KJZN changed its call letters to KWDO. On May 23, 2022, it was announced that the KJWL call letters and its classic hits format would move back to 99.3 FM on May 30.

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* JWL Classic hits radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in California {{California-radio-station-stub