| KKJG | |
| City: | San Luis Obispo, California |
| Area: | San Luis Obispo County, California |
| Branding: | 98.1 K-Jug |
| Airdate: | January 1, 1984 |
| Frequency: | 98.1 MHz |
| Format: | Country |
| Erp: | 4,500 watts |
| Haat: | 463m (1,519feet) |
| Class: | B |
| Facility Id: | 71713 |
| Callsign Meaning: | K K-JuG (used as a musical instrument in early bluegrass bands) |
| Former Callsigns: | KKUS (1984–1992) |
| Owner: | American General Media |
| Licensee: | AGM California, Inc. |
| Affiliations: | Compass Media Networks |
| Sister Stations: | KKAL, KSTT-FM, KVEC, KZOZ |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KKJG (98.1 FM, "98.1 K-Jug") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo County area. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a country music format. The KKJG studios and offices are located on Sacramento Road in San Luis Obispo and its transmitter is off TV Tower Road in Santa Margarita.[1]
The station was first signed on January 1, 1984, as KKUS by Cabrillo Communications Inc.[2]
On May 1, 1992, Cabrillo sold KKUS to Westcoast Broadcasting Inc. for $800,000.[3] The new owner changed the station's call sign to KKJG on June 1[4] [5] and introduced a country music format branded "K-Jug".
In April 1997, Westcoast sold KKJG to American General Media for $1.5 million.[6]
Tom and Becky in the Morning, KKJG's morning program, is hosted weekdays by Tom Keffury and Becky Kingman. Keffury is a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo County who arrived at KKJG in October 2005. In the 1990s, Keffury was a morning disc jockey at KDDB. Kingman graduated with a degree in journalism from Cal Poly in 2007 and has lived in San Luis Obispo County since the early 2000s.[7] Preceding the morning show is Farmview Radio, an agricultural news show. Airing Sunday evenings is Country Countdown USA, hosted by Lon Helton.