KJKK
| File:Kjkkjack.jpg | |
| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
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| Frequency | 100.3 (MHz) Also Available on HD Radio 100.3 HD-2 for My HD (all requests) |
| Branding | "100.3 Jack FM" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Jack FM |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CBS Radio |
| History | |
First air date | 1965 as KBOX |
Former call signs | KBOX (1965-1973), KTLC (1973-1976), KMEZ (1976-1988), KJMZ (1988-1995), KRBV (1995-2004) |
Call sign meaning | K JacK K |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Links | |
| Website | jackontheweb.com |
KJKK is a radio station in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, USA. Its frequency is 100.3 FM, and the station calls itself "Jack FM". KJKK is a CBS affiliate.
This station first started out as KBOX "K-Box", playing easy listening and occasional jazz music in the 1960s. Although it was the sister station of KBOX-AM 1480 (now KNIT), a Top 40 and then country music giant during the 1960s and 1970s, the two stations never simulcast (until 1982, when AM 1480 became KMEZ-AM). then in 1973, the call letters were changed to KTLC (meaning Tender Loving Care for your ears) while maintaining its easy listening format. 3 years later, the callsign was changed once again to KMEZ EZ 100 still maintaining the easy format and was a flagship station for SMU College football.
In 1988, the station has changed formats to Top 40, Urban, and R&B music and changed the station as KJMZ 100.3 Jamz. In 1995, Granum Communications (later bought out by Infinity/CBS Radio) bought the station and tweaked the format to Classic and Modern R&B (Urban AC) and renamed the station to KRBV V100, but in 1998, it has added Urban hip hop back in the mix and was revamped as Adult Mix V100.3. KRBV was the only Urban AC -- and the last -- to cover the entire Metroplex. It was one of the Top Ten stations in the market, but tragedy struck: a lightning storm knocked out the transmitter, and only after it was fixed, that KRBV never returned to its glory days and the ratings sunk, most of it due to philosophical differences in direction of programming for KRBV. Only then after, the station was looping hip hop songs from Rob Base, Eminem, etc. for 3 days straight before changing formats to Top 40/Rap/Pop/Rock and renamed the station Hot 100, calling itself DFW's Party Station. In 2001, the station changed its name again to Wild 100 while maintaining its Top 40 format, and became a home for Austin-based "J. B. and Sandy" morning show. On March 9, 2002, Wild 100 exhumed an old KLIF stunt by declaring themselves a "thing of the past;" the station went dark for about three hours and, oddly enough, came back with the same format and name. That same year, J. B. and Sandy's show was terminated.
the morning of April 1, 2004, the morning show that was on Wild 100 was replace by the Russ Martin Show, but this was a special April's Fool Day prank to the normal target demos of Wild 100. this edition of the show was taped eariler in that week (since April Fool's Day was on a Thursday that year) this stunt was a warning sign of the station future format change that came later that year. but later that April Fool's day, Russ Martin was back on the station that "he left for Wild 100" Live 105.3 where he got calls from Russ Martin show listener who thought this change was for good. this was one of the most remembered moment of the Hot/Wild 100 days of 100.3 fm.
later that year, the station has changed its callsign to KJKK 100.3 Jack FM to this day, playing all pop currents and oldies. The station went jockless since Jack FM first signed on, and rejects all song requests. (Only since the callsign change did KRBV relocate the callsign to Los Angeles on the former KKBT.
Former logos
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100.3 Jamz logo used 1988-1995.
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V-100 logo from 1995-1999.
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Hot 100 logo used 1999-2001.
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Wild 100 logo used 2001-2002.
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Wild 100 revamped logo used 2002-2004.
External links
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