KKJO-FM

KKJO-FM is a radio station in St. Joseph, Missouri, broadcasting at 105.5 on the FM dial. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format with the brand name K-Jo 105.5.

History

A radio station in St. Joseph Missouri with the call letters KRES originally debuted in 1947 at 1550 AM. The KKJO call letters were adopted in 1962, and KRES today is used by a country station in Moberly, Missouri. The middle of the road format was dropped in 1966 for Top 40. Calling themselves Tiger Radio, KKJO was St. Joseph's version of Top-40 radio akin to the pioneering sound at nearby WHB in Kansas City. As the 1970s passed, KKJO became more oriented to oldies, and into the 80s it had acquired more sports and talk oriented programming.

The FM counterpart to KKJO, originally at 105.1 MHz, debuted in 1960. KUSN-FM simulcast with Top 40 KUSN-AM at 1270 kHz. In the wake of KKJO's success, KUSN AM-FM switched to a modern country format in 1968. KUSN-FM's call letters were changed to KSFT (K-Soft) in 1974 to reflect a new automated beautiful music format which was adopted at the time. In 1977, KSFT (T-105) adopted an automated Top Forty format, moved to Album Rock in 1978, and, when it was acquired from KUSN in 1979, was switched to a successful country format.

KKJO swapped frequencies with KSFT on March 1, 1989, moving the country format to the AM, and KKJO (K-JO 105) shifted to Contemporary Hit Radio (Top 40). In 1992, in the wake of the growing presence of rhythmic tracks on Top-40, KKJO became Hot Adult Contemporary while KSFT started broadcasting satellite formats, first adult standards and later oldies. On April 2, 2000, KKJO moved to 105.5 FM, as Susquehanna (now Cumulus Media) prepared to introduce an '80s music format, KFME. The station's song after the move was "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon. Today, KKJO retains its hot adult contemporary format while including tracks from the 70s and 80s, both in rotation and in hour-long segments nightly.

K-JO in the ratings

St. Joseph, while a separate television market from Kansas City, is part of Kansas City's area of dominant influence in Arbitron ratings. As such, KKJO rarely shows up in Kansas City's ratings. However, as both Kansas City and St. Joseph stations can broadcast as far as Topeka, Kansas, KKJO has registered marginal ratings in Topeka's semi-annual surveys.

KKJO is currently programmed by Gregg Lynn.

Air staff

Mornings:

• Rick Ausin (2000–2002)
• Gregg Lynn (Sign On - 2003)
• Gregg and BJ (2003–2005)
• Adventures of Gregg and BJ (2005–Present)

Middays:

• Michael Roads (Sign on - 2002)
• Sandy Tyler (Sign on - 2002)
• Cyndee Cambell (2002–Present)

Late Afternoons:

• Rick Reynonlds (Sign on - Present)

Nights:

• Lance Ingram (Sign on - 2003)
• Jeremy Night (2003 - July 2004)
• Kasey Huston (August 2004 - September 2005)
• Becca Reid (October 3, 2005 - April 2008)
• David Fudge (April 2008–Present)

Overnights:

• Allan Mansfield (Sign-on - 2001)
• Dan Michaels (2005–Present)

Weekend/Swing:

• Jockless (Sign-on - Present)

References

External links

• 105.5 website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KKJO
• Radio-Locator information on KKJO
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KKJO