KMJM (AM)
KMJM (1360 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs an oldies music format including Cedar Rapids Roughriders hockey, Coe College football, and serves as an overflow station for University of Iowa men's and women's basketball when games conflict with another Hawkeye event airing on sister station WMT.[2]
| City | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1360 kHz |
| Branding | Leo 1360 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC) |
| KKRQ, KKSY-FM, KOSY-FM, KXIC, WMT | |
| History | |
First air date | 1961 (as KHAK) |
Former call signs | KHAK (1977-?) KTOF (?-2001)[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 54164 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 124 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°55′28″N 91°36′55″W |
| Translator(s) | 101.5 K268CY (Cedar Rapids) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1360kmjm.iheart.com |
History
The Cedar Rapids allocation for 1360 AM signed on in 1961, alongside its FM sister station at 98.1 FM, both taking on the call letters KHAK. Both stations formatted country music—although not exclusively until sometime later in the 1960s—and for many years the AM signal was duplicated on the FM frequency.
At some point in the mid-1990s, KHAK-AM changed its format to contemporary Christian as KTOF-AM, and was a simulcast of KWOF in Hiawatha, Iowa.[3] On December 19, 2001, the station switched callsigns to the current KMJM[1] and began airing a nostalgia format of "American music classics" from the 1930s and 1940s.[3]
On January 11, 2010, KMJM changed their format to classic country.
On October 10, 2017, KMJM changed their format from classic country to adult standards, branded as "Leo 1360".[4] The station had been airing one adult standards-nostalgia based program in the past, "Jim Doyne's Musical Memories," airing at noon Sundays, prior to the format switch.
Every year during the first week of November, KMJM drops its regular format and plays Christmas music.
On May 4, 2020 at midnight KMJM changed their format to oldies, while retaining the "Leo 1360" moniker.[5]
Previous logos
References
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
- Kenyon, John (2002-01-04). "Radio fans must learn new numbers". Cedar Rapids Gazette.
KTOF-AM (1360), which until Dec. 19 aired religious programming, is now KMJM-AM, playing what owner Clear Channel refers to as "American music classics," primarily popular music of the '30s and '40s. The religious programming that aired on KTOF was provided by KWOF-AM (850) out of Hiawatha.
- iHeart Commemorates Cedar Rapids Icon with Leo 1360
- Cedar Rapids Station Flips to Oldies
External links
- KMJM in the FCC's AM station database
- KMJM on Radio-Locator
- KMJM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database