KJCR-FM

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KJCR
City of license	Keene, Texas
Broadcast area	Johnson County, southern Tarrant County
Branding	88.3 KJCR
First air date	1974 as KSUC
Frequency	88.3 MHz
Format	Christian
ERP	23,000 watts
Class	C3
Callsign meaning	Keene College Radio
Former callsigns	KSUC (1974-1984)
Owner	Southwestern Adventist University
Website	kjcr.fm

KJCR is an FM radio station licensed to Keene, Texas. The signal of the station covers much of Johnson County and parts of southern Tarrant County with a Christian format.

The station began as KSUC in 1974. The 88.3 frequency was chosen because it rhymed with the call letters. The idea for a radio station was proposed in 1968. A gift to the college by Arkansas radio pioneer Raymond Beem financed the station's start-up costs; station planning began in 1973. The studios were located in the school's Heritage Hall in a dorm room. By 1984, station management decided to abandon the KSUC call letters, and applied for replacement calls KJCR, and the station moved from the dorm room to the studios at 304 N. College Drive. On May 5, 1989, 110-mile per hour winds toppled the station's transmitter, destroying 60 feet of tower sections and two of four antenna elements. In two days, the station returned to the air under temporary authorization on a 75-foot tower at 925 watts. Construction began on a new 180' tower by the fall, and was put into use on May 18, 1990. A power increase was granted for 4,000 watts with an ERP of 23,000 watts directed to the west. In November, 1999, KJCR began broadcasting 24 hours a day with the aid of voicetracking.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KJCR
• KJCR Website
• DFW Radio History - FM Stations