KLJY (99.1
MHz
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) is a
commercial-free, listener-supported
FM radio station
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licensed
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to
Clayton, Missouri
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, and serving
Greater St. Louis
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. It is owned by Gateway Creative Broadcasting, and broadcasts a
Christian Contemporary
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radio format
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known as 99.1 Joy FM. The
radio studio
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s and offices on Founders Lane in
Des Peres, with a St. Louis address. In addition to broadcasting music, the station also sponsors community events and activities around St. Louis.
KLJY has an
effective radiated power
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of 100,000
watt
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s, the maximum for non-
grandfathered
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FM stations. Its
transmitter
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is in Resurrection Cemetery in
Shrewsbury
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, co-located with the
towers
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for other St. Louis-area FM and TV stations. KLJY broadcasts using
HD Radio
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technology. Its HD-2
digital subchannel
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carries a simulcast of sister station
KXBS
KXBS (95.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Bethalto, Illinois, and serving Greater St. Louis. It is owned by Gateway Creative Broadcasting and broadcasts a Christian Rhythmic Contemporary radio format know ...
, which airs a
Christian CHR
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Se ...
format known as "Boost 95.5", while the HD-3 subchannel carries a
conservative talk
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format branded as "NewsTalkSTL." It feeds 250 watt
FM translator
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K270BW at 101.9 MHz in nearby
Bellefontaine.
History
Early history
On , the station
signed on
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the air as KFUO-FM. It was the FM counterpart to
KFUO (850 AM), which signed on in 1924. Both stations were owned by the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...
,
simulcast
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ing
Christian radio
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programming. KFUO-FM was originally was on 104.1 MHz before later moving to 99.1 MHz.
Over time, the simulcast programming was reduced. The AM station continues, to this day, broadcasting Christian programming. In 1975, to satisfy
Federal Communications Commission
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regulations that discouraged AM and FM stations from simulcasting their programming, the FM switched to all
classical music
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. It only carried some religious shows and sacred music on Sundays.
Classical music
For 62 years, KFUO-FM was the St. Louis market's primary
classical music
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radio station. It was branded as "Classic 99 KFUO-FM". KFUO-FM transmitted with an
effective radiated power
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of 100 kW. KFUO-FM's studios were located on the campus of
Concordia Seminary
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, one of two graduate theological seminaries operated by the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
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(LCMS). The station was owned by the LCMS, which still owns
KFUO (850 AM). KFUO-FM's transmitter was located in
Affton, Missouri
Affton is a census-designated place (CDP) in south St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, near St. Louis. The population was 20,417 at the 2020 United States Census.
Geography
Affton is located at 38°33'4" North, 90°19'25" West (38.551052 ...
.
KFUO-FM began as a listener supported station, but later moved to a commercial format.
KFUO-FM was voted best classical music station in America in 2005.
Due to the expense of running both stations, the Missouri Synod decided to sell the FM station in 2010.
Joy FM
"Joy FM" was founded by Sandi Brown, a former
disc jockey
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on
WCBW, a
commercial
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Christian Contemporary station. (That station was sold in 1997 and its format switched to
urban adult contemporary
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.) A new organization, Gateway Creative Broadcasting, was formed to look for a place on the FM dial for Christian Contemporary music. The creators decided from the beginning the new station would be a non-commercial, listener supported station so it would not be subject to ratings and format changes. At the beginning, Joy FM had two
rimshot
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stations operating at 94.1 (
KPVR) and 97.7 (
KHZR).
In March 2010, Gateway Creative Broadcasting bought KFUO-FM, with the sale approved by the FCC in May. The sale upset local classical music fans, due to the loss of the only remaining St. Louis radio station devoted completely to Classical music. A petition was filed with the
FCC
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, alleging that the pending transfer was not open to public bidding, though it was unsuccessful. KFUO-FM signed off on July 6. At 10 p.m. on July 6, 2010, KFUO-FM signed off their 62 year-old classical music format with
Beethoven
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's
Symphony No. 9. (Classical music returned to St. Louis later as an
HD Radio
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digital subchannel
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on
KWMU
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-HD3, as well as translator
K297BI
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The station is dedicated ...
/
WFUN-HD2.)
The new owners began broadcasting "Joy FM" at 7 a.m. on July 7 under new KLJY call letters.
CLASSIC99.com
At the time of KFUO-FM's shutoff on July 6, 2010, the classical and sacred web stream continued at CLASSIC99.com. Ron Klemm, Dick Wobbe, and John Clayton, all formerly of KFUO-FM, continued the music ministry, which has grown since 2010. CLASSIC99.com remains active and continues to stream classical and sacred music. It continues to look for new digital delivery channels for its local and worldwide audience.
Since April 2013, CLASSIC99.com has shared its music library of some 30,000 CDs with a new classical broadcast station in St. Louis branded as "
RAF STL" and managed and founded in part by former KFUO-FM program director Jim Connett. The new station features Tom Sudholt of KFUO-FM each afternoon and early evening, Connett later each evening, Ron Klemm's JOY program on Sunday mornings, and John Clayton, also from KFUO-FM, in a new, locally produced, weekly classical guitar program.
WRR-FM
WRR (101.1 MHz) is a municipally-owned FM radio station in Dallas, Texas.
It airs a classical music radio format. The station's studios are located in the Fair Park complex in South Dallas. The transmitter site is on West Belt Line Road in C ...
in
Dallas, Texas
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has also shared its music library with the new station, which broadcasts a low power analog signal on
107.3
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Argentina
* City in Jujuy
* Impacto in Bella Vista, Corrientes
* Las Rosas in Córdoba
* Magic Box in Miramar, Buenos Aires
* Master's in Tierr ...
MHz and a 48 kbit/second digital stream on 96.3-2, an HD channel of FM station
WFUN-FM
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.
References
External links
Official website for Joy FMOfficial website of CLASSIC99.com*
CLASSIC99.com streamsRAF - Radio Arts Foundation of St. LouisKETC TV feature on KFUO-FM
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