KOJO (FM)
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KOJO "Radio Maria" is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station at 91.1 mHz in Lake Charles, Louisiana
. Radio Maria USA airs Catholic programming.
580 AM in Alexandria, Louisiana. KOJO first came on the air on September 17, 2000. KOJO's signal reaches into a fringe area in portions of southeastern Texas,where afterward is covered by KDEI
1250 AM in Port Arthur...as well into portions of the Lafayette area..where KNIR
1360 AM in New Iberia compensates for KOJO's fringe area there.
Father Duane Stenzel O.F.M. (1927–2011) served as national program director from its 2000 beginnings until his passing.
Mary Pyper is national board president,Joshua Danis is national coordinator and Frank Hare is studio and audio production manager.
Listeners outside KOJO's signal area can also listen online (or by iPhone
, BlackBerry
and Android mobile phone devices by means of downloading the apporiate app) from Radio Maria's website.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Located in Calcasieu Parish, a major cultural, industrial, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in...
. Radio Maria USA airs Catholic programming.
History
KOJO is the first FM repeater of originating station KJMJKJMJ
KJMJ "Radio Maria" is an American AM radio broadcasting stationin Alexandria, Louisiana where the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana is also headquartered and is the originating English language station of Radio Maria USA airing Catholic programming.-History:Originally founded in 1935 as KALB ,...
580 AM in Alexandria, Louisiana. KOJO first came on the air on September 17, 2000. KOJO's signal reaches into a fringe area in portions of southeastern Texas,where afterward is covered by KDEI
KDEI
KDEI "Radio Maria" is an AM broadcasting station airing Catholic programming at 1250 kHz in Port Arthur, Texas. It is a repeater station of KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana.-History:...
1250 AM in Port Arthur...as well into portions of the Lafayette area..where KNIR
KNIR
KNIR "Radio Maria" is an AM broadcasting station at 1360 kHz on the AM band licensed to New Iberia, Louisiana serving the greater Lafayette area with Catholic programming as a repeater of KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana.-Brief history:KNIR at one time was an AM/FM combo in New...
1360 AM in New Iberia compensates for KOJO's fringe area there.
Father Duane Stenzel O.F.M. (1927–2011) served as national program director from its 2000 beginnings until his passing.
Mary Pyper is national board president,Joshua Danis is national coordinator and Frank Hare is studio and audio production manager.
Listeners outside KOJO's signal area can also listen online (or by iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
and Android mobile phone devices by means of downloading the apporiate app) from Radio Maria's website.