KJMS
{{short description|Radio station in Olive Branch, Mississippi, serving Memphis, Tennessee}}
{{for|the airport in Jamestown, North Dakota assigned the ICAO code KJMS|Jamestown Regional Airport}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KJMS
| logo =
| city = Olive Branch, Mississippi
| area = Memphis, Tennessee
| branding = V101
| frequency = 101.1 MHz {{HD Radio}}
| airdate = March 10, 1965
| format = Urban adult contemporary
| subchannels = HD2: Black Information Network
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|171|m|ft}}
| class = C1
| facility_id = 35874
| coordinates = {{coord|35|13|22.3|N|90|02|36.3|W|region:US-TN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "K-Jams"
| former_callsigns = KLYX (1965–1969)
KWAM-FM (1969–1982)
KRNB (1982–1990)
KHUL (1990–1991)
KRNB (1991)
| owner = iHeartMedia, Inc.
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| affiliations = Premiere Networks
| sister_stations = KWNW, WDIA, WEGR, WHAL-FM, WHRK, WREC
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/v1011-2121/ Listen Live]
[https://www.iheart.com/live/memphis-bin-9389/ Listen Live (HD2)]
| website = [https://myv101.iheart.com/ myv101.iheart.com]
[https://memphis.binnews.com memphis.binnews.com] (HD2)
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KJMS (101.1 FM) is an urban adult contemporary radio station in Memphis Tennessee, and serving the Mid-South, area, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios are located in southeast Memphis, and the transmitter site is in north Memphis.
KJMS broadcasts in HD.{{Cite web |title=Memphis, Tennessee |url=https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719174931/https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=29 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=hdradio.com}}
History
=KLYX and KWAM-FM=
KWAM, Incorporated, filed a construction permit for a new FM radio station in Memphis on September 12, 1963. The Federal Communications Commission approved the application on January 24, 1964.{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=78402 |title= History Cards for KJMS|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) The station took the call letters KLYX before signing on March 10, 1965.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/1968-BC-YB.pdf|work=1968 Broadcasting Yearbook|date=1968|page=B-154 (302)|title=KLYX(FM)|access-date=March 16, 2020}} After four years, the call letters were changed to KWAM-FM. (While the station has always been licensed east of the Mississippi River, KWAM had been founded in West Memphis, Arkansas.)
=KRNB as Majic 101 =
On January 4, 1982,{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1982/RR-1982-01-15.pdf|access-date=March 16, 2020|date=January 15, 1982|work=Radio & Records|title=KWAM Hits Memphis Airwaves|page=26|first=Walt|last=Love}} KWAM flipped to an CHR/urban contemporary ("churban") as "Majic 101". The station was the fourth urban outlet in the Memphis market, competing with WHRK. Soon changing its call letters to KRNB, the new station made an immediate impact on the market, moving from dead last to an 11 share.{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1983/CB-1983-06-04-OCR-Page-0007.pdf|work=Cash Box|date=June 4, 1983|page=7|title=Blues Makes Big Comeback In Southern Radio Markets|first=Harry|last=Weinger|access-date=March 16, 2020}} In 1990, the station rebranded as KHUL "Cool 101", an urban adult contemporary outlet.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1990/RR-1990-08-31.pdf|work=Radio & Records|date=August 31, 1990|access-date=March 16, 2020|title=KHUL Now Black AC: Lenahan GM At KWAM & KHUL|page=4}} Today, the KRNB call letters are held on a station in Dallas, Texas with the same format.
= As KJMS =
In 1991, the KHUL calls would be dropped for KJMS as "K-Jams", going head to head with WHRK for the mainstream urban audience.{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-04-05.pdf|title=Cook KJMS PD: Dee Rivers Ups Blackwell To National Programmer Post|page=12|access-date=March 16, 2020|work=Radio & Records}} KHUL continued to rate respectably, though it never beat WHRK.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Duncan-American-Radio/Duncan-1975-1992/Memphis.pdf|access-date=March 16, 2020|first=James|last=Duncan|date=2004|title=Memphis|work=An American Radio Trilogy 1975–2004}}
In 1996, Ragan Henry's U.S. Radio acquired KWAM and KJMS from the Dee Rivers Group for $12.5 million, as U.S. Radio itself was in the process of being purchased by Clear Channel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-05-03.pdf|work=Radio & Records|title=Transactions|date=May 3, 1996|access-date=March 16, 2020|page=9}} The purchase brought WHRK and KJMS under common ownership and prompted KJMS to shift to urban adult contemporary.
Until January 2019, KJMS aired the Tom Joyner morning show. He was replaced with a local morning show featuring Mike Evans, Earle Augustus, and Stormy Taylor.{{cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/176756/memphis-soul-104-1-debuts/|title=Memphis Soul 104.1 Debuts|last=Venta|first=Lance|publisher=radioinsight|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://myv101.iheart.com/ KJMS official website]{{FM station data|741141|KJMS}}
{{Memphis Radio}}
{{Urban Radio Stations in Mississippi}}
{{IHeartMedia}}
Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1965
Category:1965 establishments in Mississippi