KCHJ (AM)

KCHJ

City	Delano, California
Broadcast area	Bakersfield, California
Branding	El Gallito 92.1 FM & 1010 AM
Slogan	La Que Toca Exitos
Frequency	1010 KHz
First air date	December 1951
Format	Ranchera/Norteño oldies
Power	5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	35111
Transmitter coordinates	35°48′40″N 119°19′18″W / 35.81111°N 119.32167°W / 35.81111; -119.32167
Owner	Lotus Communications (Lotus Bakersfield Corp.)
Sister stations	KIWI, KPSL-FM, KCHJ-FM, KWAC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	elgallito.com

KCHJ (1010 AM "El Gallito 1010") is a radio station that broadcasts a ranchera and Norteño oldies format to the Bakersfield, California, area. Licensed to Delano, California, the station is currently owned by Lotus Bakersfield Corporation.

History

KCHJ was an outlet for Country Western music in the 1960s and 1970s. It was owned by Charles H. Johnes (pronounced Jones) hence the call letters KCHJ. It was a clear channel station so it had listeners over a large geographical area in Central California, as Mr. "Jones" was fond of pointing out on the air. He was one of the disk jockeys, using the name Gable Herman.

In the early 1960s the station featured an evening program known as "Freeway 99" (California's Freeway 99 ran right through the City of Delano). The Freeway 99 Show, hosted by Gable, featured music from the Easy Listening, Big Band, and Jazz genres such as Bert Kaempfert's "Wonderland by Night."

Charles was a pilot before he died. He died in an auto accident in 1968, and from 1968 until the station was sold in 1991, it was operated and managed by his widow, Jean Johnes. She died in 2009 at the age of 94. Tapes of his program were broadcast on the radio station for many years after he died. Other popular disk jockeys were Bill Lambert, Cousin Rich Allison, Gilbert Oeste, and Todd Welch, better known (as " DJ Sir T). KCHJ Debut Disco, Funk , Soul & R&B And Then Rap Music" Was In Late 1978 Dan Bigelow And local Record Store Owner Rueben Mendoza Jr Of Centro Musical. Todd Welch aka DJ Sir T joined The station in January 1979 at the age of 13. He was the youngest Program Director/ Music Director in the world at that time. Sir T is also credited as the first Radio PD, DJ / MD To play the very first recorded Rap song on the radio in March 1979 off the Fatback Band XII Album King Tim III and the very 1st Radio Programmer to incorporate Rap, Soul, Funk, Disco And R&B into Radio Rotation. The station played Country Music all day and It switched to R&B, Rap, Disco, Soul & Funk at night. From 7pm til 11pm sometimes Midnight. The signal covered 14 Counties in California ^[1] Mr. Oeste broadcast a popular Spanish language program and there was also a program called Filipino Ling Ling Dai broadcast in Tagalog and other Filipino languages. There was a studio at the station which was located north west of Delano. A live program called "The Barn Dance" was broadcast on weekends and the public was invited to visit during the show.

The station was sold in 1991 and became a Spanish-language outlet.

In 2000, KCHJ adopted the "El Gallito" format of classic ranchera and Norteño hits.

References

↑ Todd “Sir T.” Welch , Career Profile (2015). Published by Todd Welch, On LinkedIn p.1 www. Linkedin.com 20-12-2015 Retrieved.

External links

FCC History Cards for KCHJ

Query the FCC's AM station database for KCHJ

Radio-Locator Information on KCHJ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KCHJ

Radio stations in the Bakersfield, California market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.1 94.1 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 101.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	550 660 800 970 1010 1050 1100 1180 1230 1350^♦ 1410 1490 1560

By callsign	K261CO KAIB KAFY KAXL KBDS KBFP KBFP-FM KBLV KCHJ KCHJ-FM KCWR KDFO KEAL KEBT KERI KERN KFHL KFRB KGEO KGFM KGSV KHTY KISV KIWI KJPG KKBB KKXX-FM KLHC^♦ KLLY KMYX-FM KNZR KNZR-FM KPRX KPSL-FM KRAB KRHM-LP KRJK KRVQ-FM KTQX KUZZ KUZZ-FM KWAC KXTT

^♦ – Currently silent Nearby radio markets Fresno High Desert/Eastern Sierra Los Angeles Oxnard–Ventura Santa Barbara Santa Maria-Lompoc Visalia-Tulare-Hanford See also List of radio stations in California

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California

Stations	KAEH – Beaumont KAFY – Bakersfield KALI – West Covina KATD – Pittsburg KBAA – Grass Valley KBBF – Santa Rosa KBBU – Modesto KBFP-FM – Delano KBHH – Kerman KBKY – Merced KBLA – Santa Monica KBLO – Corcoran KBRG – San Jose KBTW – Lenwood KBUA – San Fernando KBUE – Long Beach KBYN – Arnold KBYN – City of Angels KCAL – Redlands KCFA – Arnold KCHJ – Delano KCHJ-FM - Bakersfield KCVR – Lodi KCVR-FM – Columbia KDBV – Salinas KEBN – Garden Grove KEPD – Ridgecrest KERU – Blythe KESQ – Indio KEXA – King City KEYQ – Fresno KFSD – Escondido KFSG – Roseville KFSO – Visalia KFVR – Crescent City KGEN – Tulare KGEN-FM – Hanford KGRB – Jackson KGST – Fresno KGZO – Shafter KHDC – Chualar KHJ – Los Angeles KHPY – Moreno Valley KIDI – Lompoc KIQI – San Francisco KIQQ – Barstow KIQQ-FM – Newberry Springs KIQS – Willows KIST-FM – Carpinteria KIWI – Mcfarland KJDJ – San Luis Obispo KJOR – Windsor KKSF - Oakland KLAX-FM – East Los Angeles KLBN – Fresno KLJR-FM – Santa Paula KLLE – North Fork KLMG – Esparto KLMM – Morro Bay KLNV – San Diego KLOB – Thousand Palms KLOK-FM – Greenfield KLOQ – Winton KLQV – San Diego KLTX – Long Beach KLUN – Paso Robles KLVE – Los Angeles KLYY – Riverside KMAK – Orange Cove KMBX – Soledad KMEN – Mendota KMIX – Tracy KMJE-FM – Placerville KMJV – Soledad KMLA – El Rio KMLM-FM - Grover Beach KMPG – Hollister KMPO – Modesto KMQA – East Porterville KMRO – Camarillo KMYX-FM – Arvin KNCR – Fortuna KNTO – Chowchilla KODV – Barstow KOND – Hanford KOXR – Oxnard KPRC-FM – Salinas KPSL-FM – Bakersfield KPST-FM – Coachella KQLB – Los Banos KRAY – Salinas KRCD – Inglewood KRCV – West Covina KRCX-FM – Marysville KRDA – Clovis KRHM – Bakersfield KRQK – Lompoc KRRS – Santa Rosa KSCA – Glendale KSDO – San Diego KSDT – Hemet KSEA – Greenfield KSEH – Brawley KSES – Seaside KSJV – Fresno KSKD – Livingston KSLK – Visalia KSMY – Lompoc KSOL – San Francisco KSPA – Ontario KSPE – Santa Barbara KSQL – Santa Cruz KSRT – Cloverdale KSSC – Ventura KSSD – Fallbrook KSSE – Arcadia KTAP – Santa Maria KTGE – Salinas KTMZ – Pomona KTNQ – Los Angeles KTOR – Gerber KTQX – Bakersfield KTSE – Patterson KUBO – Calexico KUFW – Woodlake KUNA-FM – La Quinta KVTR – Victorville KVUH – Laytonville KVVF – Santa Clara KVVZ – San Rafael KWAC – Bakersfield KWIZ – Santa Ana KWKW – Los Angeles KWRN – Apple Valley KWRU – Fresno KWST – El Centro KXLM – Oxnard KXOL-FM – Los Angeles KXOS - Los Angeles KXRS – Hemet KXRS – Hemet KXSB – Big Bear Lake KXSE – Davis KXSM – Hollister KXTS – Geyserville KXXZ – Barstow KXZM – Felton KZER – Santa Barbara KZNB – Petaluma KZSF – San Jose KZSJ – San Martin

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