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Broadcast area | San Luis Obispo County, California |
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Frequency | 98.1 MHz |
Branding | 98.1 K-Jug |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
Ownership | |
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KKAL, KSTT-FM, KVEC, KZOZ | |
History | |
First air date | January 1, 1984 |
Former call signs | KKUS (1984–1992) |
Call sign meaning | KK-JuG (used as a musical instrument in early bluegrass bands) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 71713 |
Class | B |
ERP | 4,500 watts |
HAAT | 463 meters (1,519 ft) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | jugcountry.com |
KKJG (98.1 FM, "98.1 K-Jug") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo County area. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a country music format. The KKJG studios and offices are located on Sacramento Road in San Luis Obispo and its transmitter is off TV Tower Road in Santa Margarita. [2]
The station was first signed on January 1, 1984, as KKUS by Cabrillo Communications Inc. [3]
On May 1, 1992, Cabrillo sold KKUS to Westcoast Broadcasting Inc. for $800,000. [4] The new owner changed the station's call sign to KKJG on June 1 [5] [6] and introduced a country music format branded "K-Jug".
In April 1997, Westcoast sold KKJG to American General Media for $1.5 million. [7]
Tom and Becky in the Morning, KKJG's morning program, is hosted weekdays by Tom Keffury and Becky Kingman. Keffury is a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo County who arrived at KKJG in October 2005. In the 1990s, Keffury was a morning disc jockey at KDDB. Kingman graduated with a degree in journalism from Cal Poly in 2007 and has lived in San Luis Obispo County since the early 2000s. [8] Preceding the morning show is Farmview Radio, an agricultural news show. Airing Sunday evenings is Country Countdown USA , hosted by Lon Helton.