KMJ-FM
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| City | Fresno, California |
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| Broadcast area | Fresno, California |
| Branding | KMJ Now |
| Frequency | 105.9 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Format | News/talk |
| ERP | 2,400 watts |
| HAAT | 597 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 26933 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′23″N 119°25′51″W / 37.07306°N 119.43083°W |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kmjnow.com |
KMJ-FM (105.9 FM, "KMJ Now") is a commercial radio station located in Fresno, California. The station, owned by Cumulus Media, simulcasts the news/talk format of its sister station, 580 KMJ. Its studios are located at the Radio City building on Shaw Avenue in North Fresno and its transmitter is near Auberry, California.
When 105.9 first became a talk station, it sometimes aired programs that were different than 580. But now, both stations' programming and ratings are combined, regardless of whether the listener tunes in 580 or 105.9. The station focuses primarily on locally produced news/talk programming in the daytime and runs several nationally syndicated programs at night, including Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio from Westwood One, a radio syndication company owned by Cumulus Media, the parent company of KMJ-AM-FM.
In the late 1970s, 105.9 was an album rock station known as "106 KKDJ." (The KKDJ call letters were previously used in Los Angeles). KKDJ was the premiere rock station in Fresno throughout the 1980s, largely due to the popularity of its morning show, the Dean and Don Breakfast Club. Dean was also known as Bobby Volare and Don as "Donnie Rotten." The Breakfast Club had an avid following in Fresno during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It also brought 1980s concert acts such as The Knack, Huey Lewis and the News, the Motels, the Baby's and many others to the Star Palace and Warner's Theatre.
In 1980, Dean and Don recruited the KKDJ Cheerleaders; they were composed of eight girls and one man. The applicants had to submit a written essay of why they wanted to become a KKDJ Cheerleader. The hip and sexy 1980s cheer team was recruited to promote concerts and other events, hosted by the Breakfast Club. Some of the team members included; Susan Johnson (a.k.a. Sexy Susan), Becky Perryman (a.k.a. Becky Baby), Mayer Daher (a.k.a. Mary Maybe), Julie Contreras a.k.a. (Jules), Susan Riley a.k.a. (Sassy Sue), Cecelia (a.k.a. Lusty Lolita), Jim Micheals and others. Other DJs at the station during this time included Jeffrey "D" Reidel and Mike Wild (the Wild Kingdom) and "Dead Air" Dave Sozinho. Dean's show was called Dean Opperman's Off-Ramp to Nowhere
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