KEJB (AM)

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KEJB (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Eureka, California, United States, it serves the Eureka area. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media, though licensee Bicoastal Media Licenses II, LLC.

KEJB
Frequency1480 kHz
BrandingThe Jukebox
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Bicoastal Media
  • (Bicoastal Media Licenses II, LLC)
KATA, KFMI, KKHB, KRED
History
First air date
May 12, 1933 (1933-05-12) (as KIEM at 1210)
Former call signs
  • KIEM (1933–1961)
  • KRED (1961–1994)
  • KTMA (1994–1996)
  • KGOE (1996–2023)
Former frequencies
  • 1210 kHz (1933–1935)
  • 1450 kHz (1935–1941)
Call sign meaning
"Eureka Jukebox"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35529
ClassB
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°44′28″N 124°12′5″W / 40.74111°N 124.20139°W / 40.74111; -124.20139
Translator(s)92.7 K224ER (Eureka)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitejukeboxeureka.com

History

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The station is the North Coast's oldest continuously operating radio station. It signed on in 1933 as KIEM. It gradually spawned the area's first television station, KIEM-TV. The radio side changed its call sign to KRED in 1961, but remained a sister station to KIEM-TV until the two stations were sold to separate owners in the 1970s.

 
Logo as KGOE

The station's call sign from 1996 to 2023, KGOE, came from a former simulcast of KGO (810 AM), a talk radio station in San Francisco.

On February 1, 2023, KGOE changed its format from progressive talk to oldies, branded as "The Jukebox" under new KEJB call letters.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KEJB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Jukebox Opens in Eureka Radioinsight - February 2, 2023
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