KJJZ

KJJZ (95.9 FM, "Hot 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Indian Wells, California and broadcasting to the greater Coachella Valley and the Morongo Basin of California. Owned by Marker Broadcasting, it broadcasts a top 40 (CHR) format.

History[]

The station first signed on as KAJR, and aired an Adult Hits format as 95.9 Jack FM. The station was launched to give the Coachella Valley a Jack-FM branded station as (KCBS-FM) in Los Angeles, was about 100 miles (160 km) to the west, and could not be listened to in the Coachella Valley.

Three years later in 2010, the station rebranded as 95-9 The Oasis, and adapted a soft adult contemporary format. On August 15, 2016, KJJZ rebranded as Kool 95.9.^[1] In March 2021, the station flipped to hot adult contemporary, maintaining the Kool branding and adding the syndicated Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and On Air with Ryan Seacrest.^[2]

On September 20, 2021, KJJZ changed their format from hot adult contemporary to top 40/CHR, branded as "Hot 95.9".^[3]

KJJZ-HD2[]

On January 28, 2018, KJJZ launched an alternative rock format on its HD2 subchannel, branded as "Alt 101.5". This was the first time the Palm Springs area had an alternative rock station since KMRJ abandoned the format in 2008.^[4]

Previous logo[]

References[]

External links[]

• KJJZ in the FCC FM station database
• KJJZ on Radio-Locator
• KJJZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• K268AH in the FCC FM station database
• K268AH on Radio-Locator

Coordinates: 33°48′04″N 116°13′30″W / 33.801°N 116.225°W / 33.801; -116.225

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