KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
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KJR's transmitter site is on Vashon Island, and operates from its studios in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown. Because there was only the single entertainment wavelength of 360 meters available for use by multiple stations, each region had to set up a timesharing agreement to allocate timeslots.
[18], On August 8, at 10:08 a.m., following Bob Rivers' goodbye show, KJR-FM flipped back to classic hits and rebranded as 95.7 The Jet. This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment.
In 1984, Metromedia sold the station to Ackerley Communications for $6 million in cash. The first song on "The Jet" was "Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band. KJR's shift to sports programming was a gradual evolution starting in 1989, when the station added some sports-themed shows in mid-days and afternoons. [21] KJR was planned to be the key station for a new radio network, the American Broadcasting Company (unrelated to the current ABC radio network), with plans for a nationwide expansion. 1".
[4] Later that year Kraft was issued a license for an Experimental station, with the call sign 7XC.
