KJAX

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KJAX
KJAX Country 93.5 JH Wyoming logo.png
Broadcast area Jackson Hole
Frequency 93.5 MHz
BrandingKJAX Country 93.5
Programming
Format Country music
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Scott Anderson
  • (Jackson Hole Radio, LLC)
KMTN, KSGT, KZJH
History
First air date
2000 (2000)
Former call signs
KBHJ (1998–2000)
Former frequencies
93.3 MHz (2000–2013)
Call sign meaning
Jackson, Wyoming
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 82088
Class C1
ERP 90,000 watts
HAAT 315 meters (1,033 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
43°27′40″N110°45′9″W / 43.46111°N 110.75250°W / 43.46111; -110.75250
Translator(s) 104.1 K281BH (Driggs, Idaho)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website Official Website

KJAX (93.5 FM, "KJAX Country 93.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Jackson, Wyoming, United States, the station is currently owned by longtime manager Scott Anderson, through licensee Jackson Hole Radio, LLC, and features local news programming and national news from CBS News. [2]

Contents

History

The station was assigned the KBHJ call letters on July 17, 1998. On May 26, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current KJAX. [3] The studios for the station were located at the corner of Wyoming Highway 22, and U.S. Route 89. [4]

On January 31, 2013, KJAX moved from 93.3 FM to 93.5 FM.

Ownership

Chaparral Broadcasting sold KJAX and seven other stations to Rich Broadcasting for $3.7 million; the transaction was consummated on April 1, 2013. [5] Under Rich Broadcasting, KJAX and its sister FM stations were threatened to be shut off for a period of time due to a tower dispute with American Tower. The station was renting space on a tower, and was behind $500,000. [6] Rich Broadcasting's issues with American Tower began to involve United States Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah, and John Barrasso of Wyoming. [7]

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge in Utah ruled that American Tower could not turn off the radio stations unless a deal was reached. [8]

Rich Broadcasting sold KJAX, three other stations, and four translators to Scott Anderson's Jackson Hold Radio, LLC effective March 16, 2020. [9]

Anderson had managed the stations since 1990 and hosted on air shifts on KMTN while also covering local news.

Anderson, who also has served as the chairperson of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, was an elected Jackson, Wyoming town councilperson between 1992 and 2006.

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References

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  2. "KJAX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "KJAX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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  6. "Wyoming cluster set to go dark in tower rent dispute". RadioInsight.com. March 7, 2017.
  7. "Radio station standoff now involves Utah Senator". Buckrail.com. April 7, 2017.
  8. "Judge: American Tower can't evict tenant owing over $500,000". WirelessEstimator.com. January 12, 2017.
  9. "Deal Digest: Ops Manager set to become owner in Illinois". InsideRadio.com. November 21, 2019.