KJCB is a 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 that is currently silent. It had programmed a Urban Contemporary

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 music format. Licensed to Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

, USA, the station served the Lafayette area. The station is owned by R & M Broadcasting.

History

The station was assign the call letters KJCB on December 14, 1981. on March 20, 1998, the station changed its call sign to KJCB, on July 15, 1998 to the current KJCB, On April 4, 2011, KJCB was forced off the air after the FCC cancelled their license and lost their transmitter lease. Although the owners are vowing to fight this setback, the station's license and frequency was deleted from the FCC database immediately after it left the air.