KJNP (AM)
KJNP (1170 AM) and KJHA (88.7 FM) are non-commercial radio stations which simulcast their programming. KJNP is licensed to North Pole, Alaska and serves the Fairbanks area. KJHA is licensed to Houston, Alaska, just north of Anchorage.[3] The stations air a Christian radio format.[1][2]
City | North Pole, Alaska |
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Broadcast area | Fairbanks, Alaska |
Branding | 1170 KJNP-AM |
Slogan | The Standard For Living |
Frequency | 1170 (kHz) |
First air date | October 11, 1967[1] |
Format | Christian radio |
Power | 50,000 watts (day) 21,000 watts (night) |
Class | A |
Call sign meaning | King Jesus North Pole[2] |
Owner | Evangelistic Alaska Missionary Fellowship, Inc. |
Sister stations | KJNP-FM |
Website | KJNP Online |
City | Houston, Alaska |
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Branding | King Jesus |
Frequency | 88.7 MHz |
Format | Christian radio |
ERP | 430 watts |
HAAT | 16.5 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 77894 |
Transmitter coordinates | 61°37′53″N 149°48′46″W |
Call sign meaning | King Jesus Houston Alaska |
Owner | Evangelistic Alaska Missionary Fellowship, Inc. |
KJNP's radio studios and transmitter are located a short distance northeast of the city center of North Pole, off the Richardson Highway. KJNP is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1170 AM.
KJHA's transmitter is off Route 3, South Parks Highway, north of Houston.[4]
In addition to the main stations, programming is relayed by an additional five FM translators to widen its broadcast area.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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K296DI | 107.1 FM | Barrow, Alaska | 20 | D | FCC |
K285DQ | 104.9 FM | Circle, Alaska | 140 | D | FCC |
K296DU | 107.1 FM | Dot Lake, Alaska | 160 | D | FCC |
K296BG | 107.1 FM | Fort Yukon, Alaska | 4 | D | FCC |
K285DR | 104.9 FM | Tok, Alaska | 138 | D | FCC |
These radio stations were founded by Don and Gen Nelson; the former died in 1997.[5] The AM incarnation of KJNP was the first of these stations, launched in 1967. KJNP-FM and KJNP-TV both followed in 1981. KJHA followed many years later.
In addition to the broadcasting ministry, Don Nelson made scores of road trips over the course of several decades between Alaska and his home state of Minnesota, conducting another ministry along the Alaska Highway and in numerous small towns in Canada.
The station airs one of the few non-English-language programs heard in the Fairbanks area, a weekly program in Iñupiaq produced by parishioners from First Presbyterian Church of Fairbanks.
References
- Ferguson, Judy (2005-12-04). "Radio mission: DAVID AINLEY". Anchorage Daily News. p. G3.
In 1967, KJNP went on the air with a 50,000-watt radio station
- Ryckman, Lisa Levitt (1987-12-28). "Polar Evangelists Bringing Religion to Alaskan Tundra". Miami Herald. p. 4B.
The station call letters, KJNP, stand for King Jesus North Pole; its AM frequency, 1170, represents the 11 disciples and the 70 who were called to be witnesses.
- "KJHA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Radio-Locator.com/KJHA
- Campbell, Larry (1992-04-07). "Spreading the Word Across 1,400 Miles". Anchorage Daily News. p. B12.
Don Nelson and his wife, Gen, are founders of the 50000-watt KJNP religious radio and television station in North Pole.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KJNP
- Radio-Locator Information on KJNP
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KJNP
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KJHA
- Radio-Locator information on KJHA
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KJHA