KAJA (FM)

KAJA

City	San Antonio, Texas
Broadcast area	San Antonio metropolitan area
Branding	KJ97
Slogan	"San Antonio's #1 for New Country"
Frequency	97.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1951 (as KITE-FM)
Format	Country Music
ERP	98,000 watts
HAAT	300 meters (980 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	11919
Transmitter coordinates	29°31′26.0″N 98°43′26.0″W / 29.523889°N 98.723889°W / 29.523889; -98.723889 (KAJA)
Callsign meaning	KaJa (pronounced KAJAy)
Former callsigns	KITE-FM (1951-1957) KENN-FM (1957-1958) KEEZ (1958-1978) WOAI-FM (1978-1981)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KXXM, KQXT-FM, KRPT, KZEP-FM, KTKR, WOAI
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kj97.com

KAJA (97.3 MHz) "KJ97" is an FM Country Music station licensed to San Antonio, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). Its studios are located on Interstate 10 in Northwest San Antonio near Balcones Heights, TX, and the transmitter site is in unincorporated Bexar County near Government Canyon.

History

The station was founded in 1951 as KITE-FM and later KEEZ, and owned by Charles Balthrope. It was sold to San Antonio Broadcasting Company in 1975. SABC was owned by Lowry Mays, BJ Red McCombs, and a Paul Schaffer (not the one from The Late Show). A year later the same owners bought 1200 WOAI in San Antonio, and owing to WOAI operating as a 50,000 watt clear-channel station, named their company Clear Channel Communications. In the late seventies SBC and Clear Channel were merged into a new Clear Channel, which went on to own more than 1,000 radio stations.

After operating as an easy listening station (hence the "EZ" in the call letters) KEEZ became WOAI-FM from 1978-1981, Then, the station adopted the KAJA call letters and current country format in 1981. It is one of two country music FMs in the San Antonio media market, the other being rival 100.3 KCYY, owned by Cox Radio. KAJA and KCYY have competed for San Antonio country listeners since 1987.

On October 18, 2010, KAJA won the 2010 Country Music Association (CMA) Large Market Radio Station of the Year award. This was the station's first CMA award win. They accepted the award at the show in November.^[1] In October 2012, Randy Carroll and Jamie Martin won the 2012 CMA Large Market Personality of the Year award. It was their first CMA win. They accepted their awards at the show on November 1.

References

↑ 2010 CMA awards

External links

KJ-97's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KAJA

Radio-Locator information on KAJA

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San Antonio, Texas radio stations

by AM frequency	550 630 680 720 760 810 860 930 990 1000² 1100 1130 1160 1200¹ 1250 1280 1310 1350 1380 1420 1450 1460 1480 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.9 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.5 98.9 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 (Kerrville) 162.475 (Seguin) 162.525 (D'Hanis) 162.550 (San Antonio)

by callsign	K227BH K229BJ K289BN KAHL KAHL-FM KAJA KAML KAMX KAWZ KBBT KBIB KCAF-FM KCHL KCJV-LP KCOR KCTI KCWM KCYY KDRY KEDA KGNB KHHL KISS-FM KJMA KJXK KKYX KLEY-FM KLMO-FM KLUP KMFR KMLR-FM KMYO KNBT KONO KONO-FM KPAC KPPC-LP KQXT-FM KRDY KROM KRPT KRTU-FM KSAH KSAH-FM KSAQ KSLR KSMG KSTX KSYM-FM KTFM KTKR KTKX KTMR KTSA KWED KWMF KXXM KXTJ-LP KXTN-FM KYFS KYTY KZAR KZDC KZEP-FM WNG600 WNG641 WOAI¹ WWF90 WXK67

Nearby radio markets Austin Corpus Christi Houston–Galveston Kerrville–Fredericksburg Kingsville–Alice–Falfurrias Laredo Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Country radio stations in the state of Texas

Stations	KABW – Baird KACQ – Lometa KACT – Andrews KACT-FM – Andrews KAGG – Madisonville KAJA – San Antonio KALP – Alpine KAML – Kenedy-Karnes City KAND – Corsicana KARX - Claude KASE-FM – Austin KATP – Amarillo KATX – Eastland KAUM – Colorado City KAXA – Mountain Home KAYD-FM – Silsbee KBCT – Waco KBCY – Tye KBEC – Waxahachie KBEX – Dalhart KBEY – Burnet KBPC – Crockett KBST-FM – Big Spring KBUK – La Grange KCAR – Clarksville KCCT – Corpus Christi KCKL – Malakoff KCKM – Monahans KCLW – Hamilton KCOM – Comanche KCTI – Gonzales KCTX-FM – Childress KCWM – Hondo KCYY – San Antonio KDCD – San Angelo KDHN – Dimmitt KDLK-FM – Del Rio KDRX – Laughlin Air Force Base KEAN-FM – Abilene KEBE – Jacksonville KERC – Kermit KETX-FM – Livingston KEYE – Perryton KFLP-FM – Floydada KFST-FM – Fort Stockton KFTX – Kingsville KFWR – Jacksboro KFXE – Ingram KFYN – Bonham KFYN-FM – Detroit KGAS-FM – Carthage KGKL-FM – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KGVL – Greenville KHBR – Hillsboro KHEY-FM – El Paso KHFX – Cleburne KHJQ – Concan KHKX – Odessa KHLB – Mason KHOS-FM – Sonora KIKT – Cooper KILT-FM – Houston KIMP – Mount Pleasant KIUN – Pecos KIVY-FM – Crockett KIXS – Victoria KJCS – Nacogdoches KJDL - Lubbock KJDL-FM – Levelland KKBQ – Pasadena KKCN – Ballinger KKLY – El Paso KKUB – Brownfield KKUS – Tyler KKYN-FM – Plainview KKYR-FM – Texarkana KKYX – San Antonio KLLL-FM – Lubbock KLSR-FM – Memphis KLUR – Wichita Falls KLXK – Breckenridge KMBL – Junction KMHT – Marshall KMIL – Cameron KMKS – Bay City KMKT – Bells KMOO-FM – Mineola KMUL-FM – Muleshoe KMVL-FM – Madisonville KNAF – Fredericksburg KNAF-FM – Fredericksburg KNAL - Port Lavaca KNEL-FM – Brady KNES – Fairfield KNFM – Midland KNUE – Tyler KNUZ – San Saba KOGT – Orange KOKE-FM – Thorndale KOLI – Electra KOLJ – Quanah KOMX – Pampa KOOK – Junction KOOV – Kempner KORA-FM – Bryan KOUL – Benavides KOXE – Brownwood KOYN – Paris KPAN – Hereford KPAN-FM – Hereford KPET – Lamesa KPIR – Granbury KPLX – Fort Worth KPSO-FM – Falfurrias KPUR-FM – Canyon KQBB – Center KQBR – Lubbock KQRP-LP – Malakoff KQTY – Borger KQTY-FM – Borger KRBL – Idalou KRMX – Marlin KRNH – Kerrville KRPT – Devine KRRG – Laredo KRUN – Ballinger KRVA-FM – Campbell KRVF – Kerens KRXT – Rockdale KRYS-FM – Corpus Christi KSAM-FM – Huntsville KSAQ – Charlotte KSCH – Sulphur Springs KSCN – Pittsburg KSCK-LP – Sterling City KSCS – Fort Worth KSEM – Seminole KSEY-FM – Seymour KSNY-FM – Snyder KSSL – Post KSTA – Coleman KSTV-FM – Dublin KSWA – Graham KTEX – Mercedes KTFW-FM – Glen Rose KTHP – Hemphill KTHT – Cleveland KTKO – Beeville KTTX – Brenham KTWL – Hempstead KTXM – Hallettsville KTXO – Goldsmith KUKA – San Diego KULM-FM – Columbus KULP – El Campo KUSJ – Harker Heights KUZN – Centerville KVET-FM – Austin KVLG – La Grange KVMC – Colorado City KVMK – Wheelock KVOU-FM – Uvalde KVRP – Stamford KVRP-FM – Haskell KVST – Willis KWBC – College Station KWED – Seguin KWFS-FM – Wichita Falls KWRD – Henderson KWSP-LP – Kerrville KXAX-LP - Livingston KXDJ – Spearman KXEZ-Farmersville KXOX – Sweetwater KYKM – Yoakum KYKR – Beaumont KYKS – Lufkin KYKX – Longview KYOX - Comanche KYXX – Ozona KYYK – Palestine KYYW – Abilene WACO-FM – Waco WTAW-FM - Buffalo

Defunct:	KDLP-LP – Ace KRHC – Burnet KSTB – Crystal Beach KTON – Belton KUOL – San Marcos

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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