KSJS

KSJS

City of license	San Jose, California
Broadcast area	San Francisco Bay Area
Frequency	90.5 MHz
Format	Variety/College Radio
ERP	1,500 watts
HAAT	144 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	58845
Callsign meaning	San Jose State University
Owner	San Jose State University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ksjs.org

KSJS (90.5 MHz) is a college radio station that broadcasts 24 hours a day from the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California, USA. The brainchild of Professor Clarence Flick, it went on the air on February 11, 1963, with only 85 watts of power.^[1] The studio is located in Hugh Gillis Hall, easily accessible to RTVF majors. Originally, its transmitting antenna was installed atop the Walquist Library Building on campus, but broadcasting range was adversely affected due to the nearby Bank of America Building's superior height. Today, however, its transmitter atop Coyote Peak broadcasts 1500 watts, allowing the station to be heard by the entire Santa Clara Valley and much of the San Francisco Peninsula. Currently, the station features five musical formats: urban, electronic, subversive rock, rock en Español, and jazz. The station also has non-music departments: Social Media, Traffic, Promotions, Production, Digitization, and Office. Ksjs is available to stream on the web at KSJS.org, and there are many Facebook groups that are used to keep listeners updated with show promotions and it also provides a track list of who played what song at different times of the day. The number to reach KSJS is 408-924-KSJS(5757). The station is almost entirely student-run, and was one of the first radio stations in the nation to stream its programming over the Internet.

KSJS carried regular news programs produced by San Jose State's Radio-Television News Center, which had been started by Professor Gordon Greb in 1957. The programs in the 1960s included a world and national news program, broadcast shortly after the daily sign-on, and "Spectrum," a college news program with emphasis on San Jose State news.

From the 1970s through the early 1980s, KSJS was heavily-formatted, with students learning to "talk up" records, play public service announcements at appropriate times and even "backtime" songs to a top-of-the-hour newscast. In recent years, the station has taken on more of a free-form approach. KSJS has been named "Station of the Year" twice by the National Association of College Broadcasters.^[2]^[3]

Notable alumni include longtime oldies DJ Dennis Terry, Kim Vestal, a longtime San Jose radio star, currently on KRTY; Craig Bowers, production director at KGO in San Francisco; Steve Scott, drivetime news anchor at WCBS-AM in New York City; Mark Nieto news and traffic anchor at KMVQ-FM in San Francisco; Lynn Gold, weekend news anchor at KLIV; and Tony Kovaleski, an investigative TV reporter at KMGH-TV in Denver.

KSJS also carries all San Jose State Spartans home football games and all men's basketball games, as well as select women's basketball and baseball games. They also now carry Women's volleyball games as well as SJSU Hockey.

References

External links

KSJS Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KSJS

Radio-Locator information on KSJS

Radio stations in the San Jose, California market

By AM frequency	1120 1170 1220 1290 1370 1430 1500 1590 1650

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 87.9 89.3 89.3 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 97.7 98.5 99.1 100.3 102.5 103.3 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KBKF-LP/K-LOVE)

NOAA WX Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

By callsign	KAZA KBAY KBCP KBRG KDON-FM KDOW KEC49 KEZR KFFG KFJC KKUP KLIV KLOK KLVS KMTG KOHL KRTY KSCU KSFH KSJO KSJS KSJX KSQL KSQQ KUFX KVVF KVVN KXSC KXZM KZSF KZSJ KZSU WWF64

Defunct	KHQT KOME

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Radio stations in the San Francisco market

By AM frequency	560 610 680¹ 740 810¹ 860 910 960 1010 1050 1100 1170 1190 1220 1260 1310 1370 1400 1430 1450 1500 1510 1550 1590 1610 1640

By FM frequency	87.7² 87.9 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.5 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.3 102.1 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.500 162.550

By callsign	KALW KALX KARC KBAY KBLX-FM KBRG KCBS KCEA KCRH KCSM KDIA KDOW KDX54 KDYA KEAR KEC49 KECG KEST KEZR KFAX KFFG KFJC KFOG KFRC-FM KGMZ KGO KHB49 KIOI KIQI KISQ KITS KKSF KKUP KLIV KLLC KLOK KLVS KMEL KMKY KMTG KMVQ-FM (HD3) KNBR KNEW KOIT KOSC KOSF KPDO KPFA KPFB KPOO KQED-FM KRBQ KREV KRTY KRZZ KSAN KSCU KSFB KSFH KSFN KSFO KSJO KSJS KSJX KSOL KSQQ KSRH KTCT KTRB KUFX KVTO KVVF KVVN KVVZ KWMR KXSC KXZM KYLD KZDG KZSF KZSU WWF64

Defunct	KABL KABL-FM KFRC KYA KJAZ KKHI KMPX KOME KSAN (defunct) KUSF (defunct)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 221 Sirius Channel 156

¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² Audio for TV channel 6 (KBKF-LP/Ind/K-LOVE)

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Coordinates: 37°12′32″N 121°46′34″W / 37.209°N 121.776°W / 37.209; -121.776