KJSN
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KJSN is a radio station
broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Modesto, California
, USA, it serves the Modesto area, though it can be sometimes heard as far west as Walnut Creek.
On weekends, the station goes to an Adult Hits
format, and plays a mix of music ranging from New Wave, Disco, Old School, and Classic Rock from "the 70's, 80's, and whatever."
The love song request show "Delilah
" airs from 7 pm - 12 midnight Sunday through Friday.
The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
.
The station's call letters were KFIV (FM) prior to 1989 with a top 40 format. This was the station that was "portrayed" in the George Lucas
film American Graffiti
, where Wolfman Jack
was supposedly broadcasting from. It was a very popular station in Modesto and was part of youth culture there, until its change to an adult contemporary format in late 1988.
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 an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Modesto, California
Modesto, California
Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....
, USA, it serves the Modesto area, though it can be sometimes heard as far west as Walnut Creek.
On weekends, the station goes to an Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
format, and plays a mix of music ranging from New Wave, Disco, Old School, and Classic Rock from "the 70's, 80's, and whatever."
The love song request show "Delilah
Delilah Rene
Delilah Rene Luke , almost always known mononymously as Delilah, is an American radio personality, author, and songwriter, best known as the host of a nationally syndicated nightly U.S...
" airs from 7 pm - 12 midnight Sunday through Friday.
The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
.
The station's call letters were KFIV (FM) prior to 1989 with a top 40 format. This was the station that was "portrayed" in the George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
film American Graffiti
American Graffiti
American Graffiti is a 1973 coming of age film co-written/directed by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford...
, where Wolfman Jack
Wolfman Jack
Robert Weston Smith, known commonly as Wolfman Jack was a gravelly voiced US disc jockey who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early career:...
was supposedly broadcasting from. It was a very popular station in Modesto and was part of youth culture there, until its change to an adult contemporary format in late 1988.