- KJCR
Infobox Radio station
name = KJCR
city =Keene, Texas
area = Johnson County, southernTarrant County
branding = "88.3 KJCR"
slogan =
airdate = 1974 as KSUC
frequency = 88.3 MHz
format = Christian
power =
erp = 23,000watt s
haat = 81meter s
class = C3
facility_id = 61585
callsign_meaning = Keene College Radio
former_callsigns = KSUC (1974 -1984 )
owner =Southwestern Adventist University
webcast = [http://www.kjcr.fm/Site/Welcome_files/live-1.m3u Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kjcr.fm/ www.kjcr.fm]
affiliations =KJCR is an FM radio station licensed to
Southwestern Adventist University inKeene, Texas .The DJs are predominantly university students and the station programming is a Christian format.The signal of the station covers much of Johnson County and parts of southern
Tarrant County .History
The idea for a radio station was proposed in
1968 . A gift to the college by Arkansas radio pioneerRaymond Beem financed the station's start-up costs; station planning began in1973 .The station began as KSUC in
1974 . The 88.3 frequency was chosen because it rhymed with the call letters. The studios were located in the school's Heritage Hall in a dorm room.By
1984 station management decided to abandon the KSUC call letters as the name of the college changed, and applied for replacement calls KJCR, and the station moved from the dorm room to the studios at 304 N. College Drive.On
May 5 ,1989 110-mile per hour winds toppled the station's transmitter, destroying 60 feet of tower sections and two of four antenna elements. In two days the station returned to the air under temporary authorization on a 75-foot tower at 925 watts. Construction began on a new 180' tower by the fall, and was put into use onMay 18 ,1990 . A power increase was granted for 4,000 watts with an ERP of 23,000 watts directed to the west.In November,
1999 KJCR began broadcasting 24 hours a day with the aid ofvoicetracking .External links
* [http://www.kjcr.fm/ KJCR Website]
*FMQ|KJCR
*FML|KJCR
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* [http://www.knus99.com Mike Shannon's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and TV History]
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