KFJZ

KFJZ

Infobox Radio station
name = KFJZ


city = Fort Worth, Texas
area = Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1924 as KFQB on AM 1270. The airdate for this frequency is 1947 as KCNC.
frequency = 870 kHz
format = Spanish Catholic
power = 1,000 Watts (Daytime)
Off the air (Nighttime)
erp =
class = D
callsign_meaning = Fort Worth Jazz (from 1980-1986)
former_callsigns = KCNC (1947-1957), KJIM (1957-1984)
owner = Siga Broadcasting Corporation
webcast =
website =
affiliations =

KFJZ is an AM radio station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as a Spanish Catholic station. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas and it's owned and operated by Siga Broadcasting Corporation.

History

The station started out as KFQB (callsign meaning Keep Folks Quoting The Bible) as a religious station owned and operated by Fundamentalist Baptist J. Frank Norris, who in 1909 was accused of setting fire to his own church, and was given 30 days to leave town by area deacons (he defied them and stayed.) He was expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention for his anti-evolution beliefs and preachings, as the theory of evolution was endorsed and taught at SBC's Baylor University. In 1926, Norris sold the station to J. M. Gilliam, who changed the format from religious to Entertainment, and hired Glenn Hewitt and Zack Hurt ("Glenn and Zack,") to host a comedy program.

On January 6, 1929, the station changed the callsign to KTAT using the same format, but it went dark 6 days later. Later that time, the station was resurrected as KSAT, and the same entertainment format was re-established. Three months later, KTAT was re-established. In 1935, KTAT swapped frequencies with KGKO (now KLIF) on AM 570, but the stations traded back places. Afterwards, KTAT was the flagship of the new Texas State Network for 11 hours.

By 1939, KTAT's license was cancelled and the call letters were changed once again to KFJZ, still maintaining its Entertainment/Variety format. In the 1960s and 1970s, the station had a Top 40 format. A decade later, formats changed to Jazz Standards with some of the programming fed from the "Music of Your Life" network. Notable artists appeared on this station such as Guy Lombardo, Bing Crosby, etc. By 1984, the station was moved to AM 870 and Big Band was later added to the Standards format. In 1986, KAAM has picked up their previous format so that KFJZ could switch to Spanish music and was branded "Super Tejano 870". Two years later, they've switched to a Catholic-religion format under the Spanish language. KFJZ filed for bankruptcy in 1994, but still remains on the air, only during daytime hours due to the fact that it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WWL-AM in New Orleans, Louisiana. This station simulcasts with KJON.

Sometime in the Summer of 2008, Garden City Broadcasting sold this station to Siga Broadcasting.

Former Personalities

*Don Naylor, scriptwriter and announcer (1934-1936)

External links

*AMQ|KFJZ
*AML|KFJZ
*AMARB|KFJZ
* [http://www.knus99.com KNUS99.com] , a History of Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and Television by Mike Shannon
* [http://www.dfwradioarchives.com DFW Radio Archives]


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