KEJO

Last updated
KEJO
Frequency 1240 kHz
Branding1240 Joe Radio
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Bicoastal Media
  • (Bicoastal Media Licenses V, LLC)
KDUK-FM, KFLY, KLOO, KLOO-FM, KODZ, KPNW, KRKT-FM, KTHH
History
First air date
August 1955;69 years ago (1955-08) (as KCOV)
Former call signs
  • KCOV (1955–1958)
  • KFLY (1958–1994) [1]
Call sign meaning
named for Emily Jo, the late daughter of a now-former owner [2]
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 39573
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 44°35′38″N123°13′30″W / 44.59389°N 123.22500°W / 44.59389; -123.22500
Translator(s) 93.7 K229DI (Corvallis)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kejoam.com

KEJO (1240 AM, "1240 Joe Radio") is a commercial radio station licensed to Corvallis, Oregon, airing a sports radio format. It is owned by Bicoastal Media with the broadcast license held by Bicoastal Media Licenses V, LLC. [4] [5] The studios are on Marion Street SE in Albany.

Contents

KEJO is powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 14-watt FM translator K229DI at 93.7 MHz.

Programming

Sports talk

KEJO carries national sports shows from Fox Sports Radio and the Infinity Sports Network. Local and regional weekday programs on KEJO include Joe Beaver Show with the Oregon State Beavers radio voices, Mike Parker & Jon Warren. [6] Popular national sports shows on weekdays include The Dan Patrick Show hosted by Dan Patrick and The Jim Rome Show hosted by Jim Rome.

Live sports events

KEJO airs local high school football games plus Oregon State Beavers football, men's basketball, and baseball as part of the Beaver Sports Radio Network. [7] [8] [9] Beginning with the 2009 season, KEJO is the broadcast home of the Corvallis Knights, a West Coast League minor league baseball team. [10] During the baseball season, KEJO is also an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners Radio Network. [10]

History

KCOV

The Midland Broadcasting Company was granted a construction permit in 1953 to build a new AM radio station broadcasting with 250 watts of power on a frequency of 1240 kHz. [11] The stations signed on the air in August 1955;69 years ago. The original call sign was KCOV.

Donald McCormick served as president of Midland Broadcasting and Frank Flynn as the general manager of the station. [12]

KFLY

Dave Hoss acquired control of Midland Broadcasting in late February 1958. [13] He applied to the FCC for new call letters for the station and was granted KFLY. [13]

Radio Broadcasters, Inc., acquired KFLY in January 1963. [14] The Federal Communications Commission granted KFLY authorization a few months later to increase its daytime signal strength to 1,000 watts while maintaining the nighttime signal power of 250 watts. [15] In October 1966, KFLY-FM (101.5 FM) was launched as an FM sister station, simulcasting duplicating a portion of the AM station's programming and extending its effective coverage area. [14] KFLY-FM later switched to a separate format of easy listening and classical music.

Ted Jackson's Radio Corvallis, Inc., bought KFLY in March 1971. [16] The station aired a Top 40 music format throughout the 1970s. [16] [17] It carried news from the ABC Contempoary Radio Network. KFLY was acquired by the Madgekal Broadcasting Company in August 1977 and the Top 40 format was maintained. [17] Mario Pastega, the owner of Madgekal Broadcasting, also owned the local Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. [2]

KEJO

After more than 35 years of broadcasting as KFLY, the station was assigned the current KEJO call letters by the FCC on January 31, 1994. [1] Pastega chose the new call sign as a tribute to his daughter, Emily Jo, who died as a young adult. [2]

In June 1999, Madgekal Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Jacor Communications. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 24, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on September 1, 1999. [18] After Jacor's merger with Clear Channel Communications was completed, the company made application with the FCC in December 2000 to transfer the broadcast license for KEJO to Clear Channel subsidiary Citicasters Licenses, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on January 4, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on June 5, 2001. [19]

KEJO was granted a construction permit to upgrade to 1,000 watt operation both day and night in November 2001. [20] The station received its license to cover this change on September 25, 2003. [21]

Sale to Bicoastal Media

In May 2007, Clear Channel Communications, through its Citicasters Licenses, LP, subsidiary, announced an agreement to sell this station to Bicoastal Media subsidiary Bicoastal Willamette Valley, LLC. It was part of a 14-station deal valued at $37 million. [22] [23]

The sale was approved by the FCC on July 2, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on October 1, 2007. [24] As part of an internal corporate reorganization in October 2007, Bicoastal Willamette Valley, LLC, applied to transfer the broadcast license for KEJO to Bicoastal Media Licenses V, LLC. The transfer was approved by the FCC on October 29, 2007. [25]

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  2. 1 2 3 Raskauskas, Nancy (December 25, 2007). "Pastega's Christmas gift: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. display a bright spot during holidays". Corvallis Gazette Times. The station was named in honor of Pastega's daughter Emily Jo, who died as a young woman.
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  9. ↑ "KPAM is new Portland flagship station for Beavers athletics". KGW.com. April 13, 2007. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2009. KPAM joins KBZY in Salem and KEJO in Albany and Corvallis as part of the Beaver Sports Radio Network, which consists of 26 stations statewide.
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