KFJC
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| City | Los Altos, California |
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| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Slogan | Wave of the West |
| Frequency | 89.7 MHz |
| Format | Variety |
| ERP | 110 watts |
| HAAT | 562 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 22012 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°19′14″N 122°8′29″W / 37.32056°N 122.14139°WCoordinates: 37°19′14″N 122°8′29″W / 37.32056°N 122.14139°W |
| Owner | Foothill-De Anza Community College District |
| Webcast | Netcast |
| Website | kfjc.org |
KFJC (89.7 FM) is a non-commercial college radio station in Los Altos Hills, California at Foothill College, using a Variety radio format that features a broad spectrum of music styles and public affairs programming. KFJC's over-the-air broadcast is 24/7 and can be heard within the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The broadcast is also streamed over Internet radio.
KFJC's mission is to be a conduit for new and interesting audio art and information. KFJC's music programming is largely oriented to recent material from many different genres. Most programs must play at least 35% (by song count) tracks from material added in the last 8 weeks. The station is licensed to the Trustees of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District and operated as a teaching laboratory for the Fine Arts and Communications Department of Foothill College. KFJC, as a community radio station, is almost entirely funded by listener contributions. The cost of running the station, which is staffed entirely by volunteers, is approximately US$100 000 per year. KFJC does have some financial underwriting from local businesses which provides the station.
KFJC's Crown / PTEK 300 watt transmitter is located on Black Mountain, in the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, south of Los Altos, California.
KFJC began broadcasting from a broom closet on October 20, 1959 in Mountain View, California at the old Foothill Junior College campus. The station was only allowed to broadcast from 5pm until 7pm Monday through Thursday playing "study music" and pre-recorded educational materials. KFJC moved to its current location in Los Altos Hills, California in 1961 when the new Foothill College campus opened. In 1965 the first rock and roll record was played on KFJC, causing the DJ Woody Muff to be reprimanded shortly after. But in 1966 Woody was rewarded. On April 2, the first rock and roll show was allowed to run on KFJC. It didn't last a year before it was forced off the air by more conservative staff members. By 1968, KFJC numbered 100 staff volunteers and was broadcasting from noon to 9:30pm Monday through Friday. Rock and roll was making more frequent appearances on the station. In 1970, KFJC hosted an open mike session during a nationwide student strike that had also shut down the Foothill College campus.
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