KSJX
City | San Jose, California |
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Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
Slogan | Radio in Your Language |
Frequency | 1500 kHz |
First air date | 1948[1] |
Format | Vietnamese |
Power |
10,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 4118 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°21′28″N 121°52′17″W / 37.35778°N 121.87139°WCoordinates: 37°21′28″N 121°52′17″W / 37.35778°N 121.87139°W |
Former callsigns |
KXRX (1948–1982) KHTT (1982–1989) |
Owner |
Multicultural Broadcasting (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC) |
Sister stations | KEST, KIQI |
Website | www.vnamradio.net |
KSJX (1500 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Vietnamese format. Licensed to San Jose, California, the station serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is currently owned by Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC.[2]
History
AM 1500 signed on in 1948 with the call letters KXRX and 1,000 watts of power.[3] On September 7, 1982, KXRX became KHTT and later switched from a news format to middle of the road music.[4][5][6] KHTT began carrying Santa Clara University and San Jose State University men's basketball games in the 1985–86 season.[7][8] By 1986, KHTT switched to 1960s oldies.[9] In 1987, KHTT won the rights to live San Jose State football broadcasts; in the previous season, San Jose State football radio affiliate KCBS carried most games on tape delay due to conflicts with Stanford football games.[10]
On March 1, 1989, the station picked up its current call letters KSJX and a business news format.[11] Rival station KLIV picked up the rights to San Jose State football and men's basketball beginning in the 1991–92 season.[11][12] In 1992, KSJX began carrying Vietnamese programming.[13][14]
On October 9, 2010, a fire started in vegetation near the building where KSJX is based. It soon engulfed the radio station, destroying it, and also took out KZSF, a Mexican language radio station that is based at the same transmitter. The fire also caused the evacuation of a Kellogg's factory nearby.[15]
References
- ↑ History Cards for KSJX, fcc.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ↑ "KSJX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ↑ "KXRX San Jose On Air At 1550 kc, Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting (August 16, 1948). p. 62.
- ↑ Call sign history
- ↑ "Radio Stations". SAILDART.org. January 29, 1981. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Radio Stations". SAILDART.org. May 27, 1984. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ Fleser, Dan (October 23, 1985). "SCU basketball on the air". San Jose Mercury News. p. 11D.
- ↑ "San Jose State's remaining games to be on KHTT". San Jose Mercury News. December 10, 1985. p. 2D.
- ↑ "Radio Stations". SAILDART.org. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ Antonucci, Mike (March 18, 1987). "SJS, KHTT close to deal for live football coverage". San Jose Mercury News. p. 6E.
- 1 2 Weimers, Leigh (February 17, 1989). "Technology's really foreign to some folks". San Jose Mercury News. p. 1C.
- ↑ "Good news, bad news in SJS radio switch". San Jose Mercury News. April 30, 1991. p. 2C.
- ↑ http://www.vienthao.com/media/vienthao-media-kit.pdf
- ↑ http://www.inlanguageradio.com/?s=associates
- ↑ "Fire consumes San Jose radio station". San Francisco Peninsula Press Club. October 9, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KSJX
- Radio-Locator Information on KSJX
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KSJX