KJQ (Stockton, California)

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KJQ was a short-lived Stockton, California broadcasting station, licensed to Clarence O. Gould. It was issued its first license in December 1921, and deleted three and one-half years later.

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Advertisement for Gould, The Light Man store and radio station KJQ (1922)

In the early 1920s Clarence O. Gould operated an electrical store, known as "Gould The Light Man", which was advertised as "The Only Real Radio Store in San Joaquin Valley". [2]

Effective December 1, 1921, the Commerce Department, which regulated radio communication at this time, formally established a broadcasting service category. This new standard required stations to hold a Limited Commercial license that authorized operation on two designated broadcasting wavelengths: 360 meters (833 kHz) for "entertainment", and 485 meters (619 kHz) for "market and weather reports". [3] On December 20, 1921 a broadcasting station license with the randomly assigned call letters KJQ was issued to C. O. Gould at 615 East Main Street in Stockton, California, for operation on 360 meters. [4]

Initially the 360 meter wavelength was the only "entertainment" frequency available, so stations within various regions had to create timesharing agreements to assign individual operating slots. An August 1922 schedule reported that KJQ was broadcasting daily from 5:00-5:30 p.m., plus 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday and 10:00-11:00 a.m. and 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday. [5] By November 1, 1922 there were seven "Inland Stations" sharing time on 360 meters, with KJQ allocated 9:00-10:00 p.m. daily except Sunday, and 10:00-11:00 a.m. Sunday. [6]

In early 1924 the Department of Commerce reported that KJQ had been reassigned to 1100 kHz. [7] However, contemporary reports continued to list the station as transmitting on 360 meters, sharing time with Stockton's other radio station, KWG. [8] [9] KJQ eventually suspended operations and was deleted in April 1925. [10] Gould later wrote Radex magazine stating that the station was shut down because "it was impossible for him to meet new broadcasting regulations". [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gould The Light Man" (advertisement), Radio, May 1922, page 64.
  2. ↑ "Gould The Light Man" (advertisement), Radio, August 1922, page 64.
  3. ↑ "Amendments to Regulations", Radio Service Bulletin, January 3, 1922, page 10.
  4. ↑ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, January 3, 1922, page 2. Limited Commercial license, serial #258, issued December 20, 1921 to Clarence O. Gould for a one year period.
  5. ↑ "On the Air: Stockton", Radio Journal, August 1922, page 163.
  6. ↑ "Central California Broadcasting Schedule---Effective Nov. 1, '22" ("Inland Stations" section), Radio, December 1922, page 36.
  7. ↑ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, August 1, 1924, page 9.
  8. ↑ "Radio Time Table: 4-6 P. M. Pacific Time", Radio Doings, May 3, 1924, page 33.
  9. ↑ Radio Time Table: 4-6 P. M. Pacific Time", Radio Doings, October 25, 1924, page 33.
  10. ↑ "Strike out all particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, May 1, 1925, page 9.
  11. ↑ "On the Editor's Wavelength: An Early Station", Radex, June 1, 1934, page 23.
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