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]KJCK-FM (97.5 FM, "Power Hits 97.5") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station owned by Platinum Broadcasting, along with sister stations KJCK "1420 KJCK The Talk of JC" and KQLA "Q 103.5". The station is broadcast from Junction City, Kansas, broadcasting on 97.5 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 kW. The station serves the Junction City-Manhattan-Fort Riley area, as well as some portions of Northern and Central Kansas, and can be heard as far away as Hutchinson, Kansas and Toronto, Kansas. It is believed to be that the station may be the most po... See more
Junction FM|97.5
913-762-5525
POST OFFICE BOX 789, Junction City, KS66441
http://www.powerhits975.com
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KJCK-FM (97.5 FM, "Power Hits 97.5") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station owned by Platinum Broadcasting, along with sister stations KJCK "1420 KJCK The Talk of JC" and KQLA "Q 103.5". The station is broadcast from Junction City, Kansas, broadcasting on 97.5 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 kW. The station serves the Junction City-Manhattan-Fort Riley area, as well as some portions of Northern and Central Kansas, and can be heard as far away as Hutchinson, Kansas and Toronto, Kansas. It is believed to be that the station may be the most powerful station in Kansas. KJCK is also one of the oldest stations in Kansas. KJCK-FM is currently the most listened to radio station in the market.
KJCK-FM first went on the air in July 1965 as a simulcast of KJCK. This simulcast continued until the mid 1970s, when the formats split.
The station was known as Power 94.5 through the 1990's and aired a Rhythmic contemporary format competing against (now sister station) KQLA "Q 103.5". After that station was acquired by Power 94.5's owners (Platinum Broadcasting) in 1997, the station moved to its current Contemporary hit radio format, while KQLA moved to a satellite-fed Hot Adult Contemporary format. The station kept leaning rhythmic during this time. In 2000, the moniker was changed to "The Big Kat 94.5". A year later, the station gained a competitor when KACZ "Z 96.3" signed on the air with the same Top 40 format.
The station moved from 94.5 to 97.5 sometime in 2003 due to moving the 97.3 frequency to Kansas City, which cost several other stations across Kansas to change frequencies (Topeka country music station WIBW-FM currently occupies the 94.5 frequency), but retained the "The Big Kat" moniker after the move.
On April 1, 2005, the station changed its name to "Power Hits 97-5", which was partially intended as an April Fool's Day joke. The music direction was changed, as it started day-parting by playing more adult-friendly content (which capitalized on current mainstream pop, punk-rock and modern rock tracks (even leaning towards modern adult contemporary at times), as well as 1990's tracks) during the day and playing harder-edged content (such as Hip hop and R&B tracks) after 6 PM. This was done to compete against KACZ, who also had an adult-leaning Top 40 format. A new morning show, Stooks In The Morning, debuted in May 2005. This show targeted people in the 18-34 demographic and was well respected across the area as it discussed edgy content and being very listener interactive.
In August 2007, the station started leaning rhythmic again, as most of the adult-friendly content was removed. This was done due to a new program director being hired, as former PD and morning show host Matt Stooks quit in June. To this day, the station still leans rhythmic, as it avoids some rock-oriented music due to sister station KQLA playing some of that material.
KJCK-FM first went on the air in July 1965 as a simulcast of KJCK. This simulcast continued until the mid 1970s, when the formats split.
The station was known as Power 94.5 through the 1990's and aired a Rhythmic contemporary format competing against (now sister station) KQLA "Q 103.5". After that station was acquired by Power 94.5's owners (Platinum Broadcasting) in 1997, the station moved to its current Contemporary hit radio format, while KQLA moved to a satellite-fed Hot Adult Contemporary format. The station kept leaning rhythmic during this time. In 2000, the moniker was changed to "The Big Kat 94.5". A year later, the station gained a competitor when KACZ "Z 96.3" signed on the air with the same Top 40 format.
The station moved from 94.5 to 97.5 sometime in 2003 due to moving the 97.3 frequency to Kansas City, which cost several other stations across Kansas to change frequencies (Topeka country music station WIBW-FM currently occupies the 94.5 frequency), but retained the "The Big Kat" moniker after the move.
On April 1, 2005, the station changed its name to "Power Hits 97-5", which was partially intended as an April Fool's Day joke. The music direction was changed, as it started day-parting by playing more adult-friendly content (which capitalized on current mainstream pop, punk-rock and modern rock tracks (even leaning towards modern adult contemporary at times), as well as 1990's tracks) during the day and playing harder-edged content (such as Hip hop and R&B tracks) after 6 PM. This was done to compete against KACZ, who also had an adult-leaning Top 40 format. A new morning show, Stooks In The Morning, debuted in May 2005. This show targeted people in the 18-34 demographic and was well respected across the area as it discussed edgy content and being very listener interactive.
In August 2007, the station started leaning rhythmic again, as most of the adult-friendly content was removed. This was done due to a new program director being hired, as former PD and morning show host Matt Stooks quit in June. To this day, the station still leans rhythmic, as it avoids some rock-oriented music due to sister station KQLA playing some of that material.
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