KESJ

KESJ

City	St. Joseph, Missouri
Broadcast area	Kansas City area
Frequency	1550 kHz
Branding	Joe Town 107.5
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Eagle Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	1946 (as KRES)
Former call signs	KRES (1946-1961) KKJO (1961-1988) KSFT (1988-2009)
Technical information
Facility ID	8767
Class	B
Power	2,500 watts (day) 500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	39°42′23″N 94°44′36″W / 39.70639°N 94.74333°W / 39.70639; -94.74333Coordinates: 39°42′23″N 94°44′36″W / 39.70639°N 94.74333°W / 39.70639; -94.74333
Translator(s)	107.5 K298DA (St. Joseph)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	joetown1075.com

Former Logo

KESJ (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Located near St. Joseph, Missouri, United States, the station also serves the Kansas City area. The station is owned by Eagle Communications, Inc.^[1]

History[]

The 1550 frequency originally debuted as KRES in 1951. KRES was initially launched on 1230 kHz in 1946. KKJO call sign was assigned in 1961. The early history is detailed on the KKJO page. KKJO acquired an FM counterpart in 1980, from competitor KUSN. The two stations swapped callsigns in 1988 with KSFT becoming the AM station. It had gone oldies, but later moved to sports talk with coverage of St. Louis Cardinals baseball and Northwest Missouri State University sports.

The station changed call letters to KESJ in late August 2009.

On August 22, 2019, KESJ changed their format from ESPN sports to 1980s-1990s classic hits, branded as "Joe Town 107.5".^[2]

Previous logo[]

References[]

External links[]

• KESJ in the FCC AM station database
• KESJ on Radio-Locator
• KESJ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• K298DA in the FCC FM station database
• K298DA on Radio-Locator

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