KJAY

KJAY
City	Sacramento, California
Broadcast area	Sacramento
Slogan	International Radio
Frequency	1430 kHz
First air date	1953 (in Stockton, California) May 23, 1963 (relocated to Sacramento)
Format	World Ethnic
Power	500 watts day 20 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	65226
Transmitter coordinates	38°30′17.00″N 121°33′39.00″W / 38.5047222°N 121.5608333°W / 38.5047222; -121.5608333
Owner	KJAY, LLC

KJAY (1430 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a World Ethnic format. Licensed to Sacramento, California, USA, it serves the Sacramento area. The station is currently owned by KJAY, LLC.

Station history

The station was originally put on the air by the Gamble family of Stockton, CA. The highly engineered, multiple tower facility operated with 500 watts. The station was purchased by Jack Powell in the 1960s. At one point the main office was located in the Sacramento Inn. Early broadcasters include Ron Reynolds, Rick Cimino, Mike Cleary, and Rich Dixon.

For much of the station's history, it has broadcast religious programs (such as Voice of Prophecy), local community news, Hollywood gossip from Jimmie Fidler, and for a period during the '70s and '80s, R & B music during the latter hours of KJAY's broadcast day. It used to broadcast race results from Cal Expo during the State Fair meets. Today the format is international programming Monday through Saturday, and religious programs/gospel music in English on Sunday. Many of the current religious programs on KJAY have been on 1430AM for literally decades, such as "From the Throne of God" with Pastor Elsie Horton; St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Ephraim Williams; St. John's Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Darryl B. Heath; Shiloh Baptist Church with Pastor Anthony Sadler, Sr.; and many others. For the past 15 years KJAY has proudly hosted Russian and Hmong programs Monday through Saturday. Among recent program changes include playing World/International music during the 20-watt nighttime period. The night audio signal may be heard in the City of West Sacramento, downtown Sacramento, and across the river in the so-called pocket area. During the day, however, the audio signal covers the City of Sacramento and beyond. KJAY is Northern California's #1 Hmong radio station, and Sacramento's #1 Russian radio station, with lively and spiritually-uplifting gospel programs and music on Sunday.

External links

FCC History Cards for KJAY

Query the FCC's AM station database for KJAY

Radio-Locator Information on KJAY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KJAY

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