KKJZ
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| City | Long Beach, California |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California |
| Branding | KJAZZ |
| Slogan | America's Jazz and Blues Station |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | January 3, 1950 (as KLON) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Jazz HD2: Classical music "K-Mozart" HD3: College radio "K-Beach" |
| Audience share | 0.6  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 30,000 watts |
| HAAT | 137 meters (449 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 8197 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°47′58″N 118°9′43″W / 33.79944°N 118.16194°WCoordinates: 33°47′58″N 118°9′43″W / 33.79944°N 118.16194°W |
| Callsign meaning | K KJaZz |
| Former callsigns | KLON (1/1950-7/2002) |
| Operator | Global Jazz, Inc. |
| Owner | California State University, Long Beach Foundation |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3) |
| Website |
jazzandblues.org kmozart.com (HD2) kbeach.org (HD3) |
KKJZ (88.1 MHz FM, KJAZZ) is a non-commercial public radio station in Southern California broadcasting from the Long Beach State campus. The station is one of several public radio stations in Southern California presenting jazz and blues.
The California State University Long Beach Foundation owns the non-commercial broadcast license for KKJZ; as a public radio station, it is funded by contributions from listener-members and other donors, with 75% of the station's funding coming from station memberships. Global Jazz, Inc., an affiliate of Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc., programs and manages the radio station.
The station's antenna is located on the top of Signal Hill in the Long Beach area. KKJZ is also available through internet streaming audio and in Japan via direct broadcast satellite on MBCO (Mobile Broadcasting Corporation). According to U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules for a Class B station, KKJZ could broadcast with a maximum power of 50,000 watts using the same antenna height of 137 meters.
KKJZ-HD1 (HD Radio) is a simulcast of the analog signal, which bills itself as "America's Jazz and Blues Station"; the format features mostly contemporary Jazz artists, such as Ramsey Lewis, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock and (the late) Dave Brubeck.
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