KLJY

KLJY
City of license Clayton, Missouri
Broadcast area Greater St. Louis
Branding Joy FM
Slogan "Music. Faith. Community."
Frequency

94.1 MHzFM (2001-present)
97.7 MHzFM (2001-present)

99.1 MHzFM (2010-present)
First air date 1948
Format Contemporary Christian
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 313 meters
Class C0
Facility ID 65924
Callsign meaning Keep Living JoY
Former callsigns KFUO-FM
Owner Gateway Creative Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations KPVR
KHZR
Webcast Listen Live
Website Joy FM

KLJY (branded as Joy FM) is a commercial-free contemporary Christian radio station serving the Greater St. Louis area who bought the former KFUO signal. KLJY located in Clayton, Missouri, operates at 99.1 MHz. It is transmitted with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury, Missouri. The studio is located in Des Peres, Missouri. In addition to broadcasting music, the station also sponsors community service events and activities throughout the St. Louis area.[1]

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History

Joy FM was originally founded by former WCBW employees, namely Sandi Brown, after that station was sold in 1997. The creators decided from the beginning the new station would be a non-commercial, listener supported station so it could "never be sold."[2] At the beginning, Joy FM had two rimshot stations operating at 94.1 (KPVR) and 97.7 (KHZR) FM. The 94.1 signal was leased out in 2010, but has since resumed broadcasting the same signal feed that 97.7 and 99.1 FM, the former KFUO-FM signal Joy FM purchased and began broadcasting Contemporary Christian music on July 7, 2010, do. A controversy from the beginning, the sale enraged local Classical music fans, due to the loss of the only remaining St. Louis radio station devoted completely to Classical music.[3] After the sale, to increase the awareness of the new signal, bumper stickers and billboards of the new "99.1 Joy FM" insignia appeared throughout the St Louis region, which has not only enraged former KFUO fans, but former listeners have likened them as "salt in the wounds".[4]

Personalities

Name Job
Sandi Brown General Manager/Morning Show host
Greg Cassidy Program Director/Morning Show host
Mike Matthews News & Traffic Director
Bruce Otto Weekend Announcer
Tim Thomson Afternoon Show Host
Kim Underwood Social Media Director/Mid-Days & Afternoons
Ryan Wiggins Production Director/Evening Announcer

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