KJJY
radio station in West Des Moines, Iowa
KJJY (92.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to West Des Moines and serving Central Iowa. Cumulus Media owns two country music outlets in the Des Moines radio market, KJJY and 97.3 KHKI. KHKI plays mostly current and recent country hits, while KJJY's playlist goes from current releases to the 1980s and 1990s. The studio and offices are located on 109th Street in Urbandale.
KJJY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts. The transmitter is on NW 100th Street at White Oak Lane in Grimes, Iowa.
History
On February 4, 1978, the station signed on the air. The original call sign was KANY at 106.3 MHz, licensed to Ankeny, Iowa. On May 2, 1981, the station was sold by the Ankeny Broadcasting Company to Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting, which later changed the call letters to KJJY to match the initials of co-owner J. J. Jeffrey. The format was switched to country music.
As KJJY, the station slowly built a following, taking on the market's current country giant, 1350 KSO (now KRNT).
The public source identifies “KJJY” as radio station in West Des Moines, Iowa. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KJJY, radio and station.
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