KJAZ

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KJAZ
City of license	Point Comfort, Texas
Slogan	Lonestar FM
Frequency	94.1 MHz
Format	Country music
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	59.0 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	6022
Transmitter Coordinates	28°46′8.00″N 96°42′39.00″W / 28.7688889, -96.7108333
Former callsigns	KAJI (1994-2005)
Owner	Fort Bend Broadcasting Company, Inc.

KJAZ (94.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Point Comfort, Texas, USA, the station serves the San Francisco area. The station is currently owned by Fort Bend Broadcasting Company, Inc..^[1]

[edit] History

KJAZ was an FM radio station in San Francisco which operated from August 1, 1959 to July 31, 1994, broadcasting at 92.7 MHz. Founded by Pat Henry, KJAZ prided itself on broadcasting only jazz music, and a 1965 station brochure proclaimed KJAZ "northern California's first and only fulltime jazz station".

In 1994, KJAZ's frequency was sold after owner Ron Cowan, in a financial crisis, deemed the station unprofitable. Though listeners mounted a fundraising effort to keep KJAZ on the air (by some reports raising $1.5 million), the station was sold and KJAZ was converted to a different format. As of this writing, the Alameda 92.7 license is call-signed KNGY and goes by "Energy 92.7" playing a CHR/Dance format. A number of KJAZ programmers and announcers have made their way to KCSM.

Since then, the KJAZ call sign has been used by various FM radio stations around the country.