| KJOL | |
| City: | Grand Junction, Colorado |
| Area: | Grand Junction |
| Frequency: | 620 kHz |
| Airdate: | June 1957 |
| Format: | Christian radio |
| Power: | 5,000 watts day 79 watts night |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 21628 |
| Coordinates: | 39.1264°N -108.6369°W |
| Former Callsigns: | KSTR (1999–2000) KRDY (1999–2000) KSTR (1998–1999) KKGJ (1998) KKGM (1998) KBZS (1996–1998) KKGM (1994–1996) KKTK (1994) KSTR (1957–1994) |
| Owner: | United Ministries |
| Website: | www.kjol.org |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KJOL (620 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian format. Licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, the station serves the Grand Junction area. The station is owned by United Ministries.[1]
KJOL was first licensed, as KSTR, to the Mountain States Broadcasting Company in Grand Junction, for 5,000 watts daytime-only on 620 kHz. The station changed its call sign to KKTK on March 1, 1994, to KKGM on October 12, 1994, and to KBZS on September 2, 1996.
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KBZS authorized to move from 620 to 1680 kHz.[2] However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.
On January 30, 1998, the station became KKGM for a second time, and later call changes included KKGJ on August 14, 1998, KSTR for a second time on December 4, 1998, KRDY on March 15, 1999, and on March 22 of that year, KRDY became an affiliate of Radio Disney children's network. KSTR for a third time on August 7, 2000, and KJOL on April 23, 2001.[3]
KJOL is also heard on KJYE AM 1400 in Delta, Colorado and KJOL-FM 91.9 in Montrose, Colorado, as well as translators on 99.5 FM in Grand Junction, Colorado and on 91.3 FM in Paonia & Hotchkiss, Colorado.[4]