KJJZ
soft adult contemporary radio station in Indian Wells, California, United States
KJJZ (95.9 FM, "Kool 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Indian Wells, California and broadcasting to the greater Coachella Valley and the Morongo Basin, including Palm Springs. Owned by Marker Broadcasting, it broadcasts an oldies radio format. The studios are on Merle Drive in Palm Desert.
History
The station first signed on as KAJR and aired an adult hits format as "95.9 Jack FM". The station was launched to give the Coachella Valley a Jack-FM branded station as (KCBS-FM) in Los Angeles, was about 100 miles (160 km) to the west, and could not be listened to in the Coachella Valley.
Three years later in 2010, the station rebranded as "95.9 The Oasis" and adapted a soft adult contemporary format. On August 15, 2016, KJJZ rebranded as "Kool 95.9". In March 2021, the station flipped to hot adult contemporary, maintaining the "Kool 95.9" branding and adding the syndicated Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
On September 20, 2021, KJJZ tweaked their format from hot adult contemporary to Top 40/CHR, branded as "Hot 95.9".
On August 22, 2022, KJJZ changed their format from Top 40/CHR to 1960s-1970s oldies, branded as "Kool 95.9".
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KJJZ” as soft adult contemporary radio station in Indian Wells, California, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14682545. Authority coordinates are 33.801, -116.225. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2016, 2021 and 2022.
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