KJXJ is a rock 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...

 owned by Brazos Valley Communications, Ltd. licensed to Franklin, Texas

Franklin, Texas

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 with studios in Bryan, Texas

Bryan, Texas

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History

The station first existed as KCRM from 1982-06-01 to 1993-12-27, before changing its call sign to KHLR. On 2001-04-09, the station call sign became KXCS-FM, which it kept until receiving its existing call sign of KJXJ on 2007-03-29.

KXCS-FM

KXCS used the slogans "103.9 XCS, Everything That Rocks" and "Aggieland's New Rock Alternative, 103.9 The X", and once carried the Lex and Terry

Lex and Terry

Lex and Terry is a syndicated morning radio hosted by Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes. Currently based in Dallas, Texas, the show is distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. It is heard during weekday mornings on 30 radio stations in the U.S. and on XM 165....

 and Loveline

Loveline

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 programs.

Transition to KJXJ

On the evening of 2007 March 19, DJs announced that the station was changing from the Rock/Alternative Rock format. The last DJs that night were Kira (on-air moniker: "The Queen of Rock") to 10 PM, and Dex Peck from 10 PM-midnight. The last songs under the old format: "I Ran (So Far Away)

I Ran (So Far Away)

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" by A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls

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; "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)

Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)

"Snakes on a Plane ", is the debut single of dance rock band Cobra Starship from the soundtrack album Snakes on a Plane: The Album...

" by Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship

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; "Joker and the Thief" by Wolfmother

Wolfmother

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; "Teenage Dirtbag

Teenage Dirtbag

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" by Wheatus

Wheatus

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; and "Another One Bites the Dust

Another One Bites the Dust

"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the song featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game . The song was a worldwide hit, charting number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100, number two on the R&B charts and...

" by Queen

Queen (band)

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, dedicated by Dex to a list of staffers.

The transition day of March 20th was a confusing and motley collection of music not conforming to a single genre. Across the course of the day, listeners heard a bizarre mixture of Rap, Classic Rock, Show Tunes, TV Theme Songs, Reggae, Easy Listening, and others. Shortly after midnight, the audio feed abruptly cut off in the middle of a long string of Irish Drinking Songs, and suddenly new programming came over the air, identifying the broadcast as a Jack FM

Jack FM

JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...

station. On 2007 April 3, this station began identifying itself as KJXJ-FM.

Return to Rock

On September 20, 2010, KJXJ abandoned the Jack format and became "Rock 103.9."