KJIN

KJIN
City Houma, Louisiana
Broadcast area Houma/Thibodaux Metropolitan area
Branding 104.7 Jamz
Slogan Houma's Jamz Station
Frequency 1490 kHz
Translator(s) 104.7 K284CU (Houma)
First air date 1953
Format Urban AC
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 25521
Transmitter coordinates 29°34′14″N 90°43′42″W / 29.57056°N 90.72833°W / 29.57056; -90.72833Coordinates: 29°34′14″N 90°43′42″W / 29.57056°N 90.72833°W / 29.57056; -90.72833
Former callsigns KCIL (1953-1980s)
KJIN (1980s-2000)
KFXY (2000-2003)
Owner Lisa D. Stiglets
(JLE, Incorporated)
Sister stations KCIL
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1047jamz.com

KJIN is a 1,000 watt AM station in Houma, Louisiana, broadcasting an urban adult contemporary format.

History

This station was originally KCIL in the 1950s. This station however, has held the KJIN callsign for most of the past 30 years except for a 2½ year period between 2000 and 2003 when it held KFXY which was the former callsign of today's KCIL. For most of its recent past, it was an Am sister relay to KCIL, however the former owners Guaranty broadcasting, installed the ESPN sports format on the station to provide listeners in the area with a sports station that was listenable in the Houma area as the nearest sports stations were up to 50 miles away at the time. In 2006 the station was purchased by Sunburst Media - Louisiana and continued broadcasting ESPN sports programming until 2014 when it changed to Fox Sports. In March 2015, KJIN began programming Spanish language La Calliente which supports the Mexican population in the listening area in and around Houma, as well as the western outskirts of New Orleans.

Effective November 11, 2015, KJIN (along with co-owned KCIL and KXOR-FM) was sold to James Anderson's My Home Team Media, LLC. Effective May 9, 2017, My Home Team Media sold KJIN and KCIL to JLE, Incorporated for $725,000.

On March 13, 2018 KJIN changed their format to urban adult contemporary, branded as "104.7 Jamz" (simulcast on FM translator K284CU 104.7 FM Houma).[1]

References

  1. KJIN Brings Jamz to Southern Louisiana Radioinsight - March 13, 2018

KJIN Radio Request from 1974 - http://www.guyfanguy.com/webpages/radiorequest.asp

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