KFJZ
Encyclopedia
KFJZ is an AM
radio station
broadcasting in the Dallas
/Fort Worth
metroplex as a Spanish Catholic station. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas
and is owned and operated by Siga Broadcasting Corporation.
In 1984, the station dropped the KJIM call letters and the country music format and began using the call letters KFJZ with a Standards music format. In 1986, KAAM has picked up their previous format so that KFJZ could switch to Spanish
music and was branded Super Tejano 870. Two years later, AM 870 switched to a Catholic-religion format under the Spanish language. KFJZ filed for bankruptcy in 1994, but still remains on the air, only during daytime hours due to the fact that it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WWL-AM in New Orleans, Louisiana
.
In the Summer of 2008, Garden City Broadcasting sold this station to Siga Broadcasting.
In year 2009, it changed to Radio Salam Namaste (Indian Community Radio).
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting in the Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
/Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
metroplex as a Spanish Catholic station. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
and is owned and operated by Siga Broadcasting Corporation.
History
The station started in 1947 as KCNC (which is now used by the CBS operated-and-owned TV station). The station changed its call letters to KJIM in 1957 and in the 1970s had a country music format.In 1984, the station dropped the KJIM call letters and the country music format and began using the call letters KFJZ with a Standards music format. In 1986, KAAM has picked up their previous format so that KFJZ could switch to Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
music and was branded Super Tejano 870. Two years later, AM 870 switched to a Catholic-religion format under the Spanish language. KFJZ filed for bankruptcy in 1994, but still remains on the air, only during daytime hours due to the fact that it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WWL-AM in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
.
In the Summer of 2008, Garden City Broadcasting sold this station to Siga Broadcasting.
In year 2009, it changed to Radio Salam Namaste (Indian Community Radio).
External links
- KNUS99.com, a History of Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and Television by Mike Shannon
- DFW Radio Archives