KJR (AM)

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KJR
City of license	Seattle, Washington
Broadcast area	Seattle metropolitan area
Branding	Sports Radio 950 KJR
First air date	1960s
Frequency	950 kHz
Format	Sports Talk
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	kjram.com

KJR, branded as "Sports Radio 950 KJR", is an all-sports radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting on 950 in the AM radio spectrum, and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KJR currently is the flagship station of the Women's National Basketball Association's Seattle Storm, and also serves as the flagship station of the Washington ISP Sports Network, the network that covers University of Washington Huskies sports.

Starting in the 2006-2007 season, ISP Sports will be the media rights holder for Husky athletics. KJR will remain the Washington ISP Sports Network's flagship station for football and men's basketball games thru the 2010-2011 season.

KJR carries some play-by-play from ESPN Radio, but has none of the regular talk shows.

Originally, KJR was a pioneer Top 40 radio station owned by entertainer Danny Kaye. In the 1960's under the programming guidance of Pat O'Day, the station was top rated in Seattle and well known for introducing the Pacific Northwest to many recording stars such as Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and the Ventures.

Contents 1 Host Lineup 2 Radio Ratings 3 History 4 External links

[edit] Host Lineup

Their current host lineup: (Pacific Time)

• 6am - 10am Mitch Levy
• 10am - 1pm Dave "Softy" Mahler
• 1pm - 3pm Dave "The Groz" Grozby
• 3pm - 5pm Dave "The Groz" Grozby + Mike "The Gas Man" Gastineau
• 5pm - 7pm Mike "The Gas Man" Gastineau
• 7pm - 10pm Elise Woodward + Ian Furness

[edit] Radio Ratings

The following table shows the AQH Share information from Arbitron Ratings data.

AQH is an abbrieviation for Average Quarter-Hour Persons (AQH Persons). The average number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period.

Share is the percentage of those listening to radio in the Metro who are listening to a particular radio station.

AQH Share Equation is [AQH Persons to a Station / AQH Persons to All Stations] x 100 = Share (%)

AQH Share for Persons age 12+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid

Station	Spring '05	Summer '05	Fall '05	Winter '06
KJR AM 950	2.2 Share	2.0 Share	2.3 Share	2.0 Share

KRJ is currently ranked #21 of 36 radio stations in Arbitron Ratings Data for Winter of '06.

[edit] History

KJR is the oldest station presently operating in Seattle, having been founded March 9, 1922.

It was the number one top 40 station in Seattle during the 1960's and the 1970's.

KJR served as the home of the Seattle SuperSonics from 1987-2006.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• The Puget Sound Radio Broadcasters Association - KJR History
• Kent Burkhart - I Was There, #4
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KJR