KRJK (97.3 FM, "The Bull 97.3") is an American

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licensed to serve the

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Lamont, California Lamont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Lamont is located south-southeast of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 15,120 at the 2010 census, up from 13,296 at the 2000 censu ...

. The station is owned by Buck Owens Broadcasting (which is controlled by the estate of

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for the Buckaroos, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 ...

) and the

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is held by Buck Owens Production Company, Inc.

History

In October 2009, Owens One Company, Inc., applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on May 5, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of May 5, 2013. The new station was assigned

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"KRJK" on September 20, 2011. The station began broadcast operations at 3 p.m. on September 29, 2011, carrying the small-market broadcast of

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. It received its

on October 25, 2011. On October 14, 2016, at Noon, KRJK flipped to country as "97.3 The Bull" (Now "The Bull 97.3" As Of 2022). The new format joins KUZZ/KUZZ-FM and KCWR in the Owens cluster and gives the company a monopoly on country music in the market, more than likely preventing a competitor from coming in to replace KVMX, which had flipped to Spanish ranchera music that July. KRJK will add the syndicated Bobby Bones Show for mornings starting Monday, October 17. Bones had also been carried by KVMX prior to its format change. KUZZ weekender Toni Marie will host middays, while KUZZ PD Brent Michaels adds those duties for the Bull as well. On September 29, 2017 Broadcast personality and Stand Comedian Keith Jones joined the Radio Announcer rotation working weekends and fill-ins for Middays with Toni Marie.New Country Bull Debuts in Bakersfield
Radioinsight - October 14, 2016

Former logo

References

External links

* {{The Bobby Bones Show RJK Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2011 Mass media in Kern County, California