KLJY

KLJY
City	Clayton, Missouri
Broadcast area	Greater St. Louis
Branding	Joy FM
Slogan	"Music. Faith. Community."
Frequency	94.1 MHz FM (2001-present) 97.7 MHz FM (2001-present) 99.1 MHz FM (2010-present)
First air date	1948
Format	Contemporary Christian
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	309 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	65924
Transmitter coordinates	38°34′24″N 90°19′30″W / 38.57333°N 90.32500°W / 38.57333; -90.32500Coordinates: 38°34′24″N 90°19′30″W / 38.57333°N 90.32500°W / 38.57333; -90.32500
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-FM 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]

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, prompting tremendous growth of listenership versus the old station.

References

↑ "With new radio signal, Christian music fans jump for JOY". stltoday.com.
↑ "Why is JOY FM listener supported?". Joy FM website.
↑ "Classical music fans enraged by shift to Christian format". Religious News Service.

External links

Official website for Joy FM

Radio stations in the St. Louis market

by AM frequency	550 590 630 690 730 770 850 880 920 1010 1080 1120 1190 1260 1280 1320 1350 1380 1400 1430 1460 1490 1570 1600

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.5 89.7 89.7 89.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 162.550

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Defunct, now internet-only	KFUO-FM

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