KJLH
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| Radio station | |
| Program type | Urban Contemporary |
| reception |
analogue , terrestrial FM 102.3 MHz web radio |
| Reception area |
Los Angeles , California United States
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| Start of transmission | 1965 |
| Broadcaster | Taxi Productions, owned by Stevie Wonder |
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KJLH Los Angeles - Radio Free 102.3 FM is an urban contemporary radio station based in Los Angeles , California. The station is one of the 10 most popular "black radio stations" in the USA and is owned by Stevie Wonder's Taxi Productions . KJHL plays R&B and classic soul, as well as hip-hop, gospel and smooth jazz tracks.
The FM transmitter is located in View Park-Windsor Hills (Los Angeles County) and transmits with 5.6 kW ERP on 102.3 MHz.
history
The transmission frequency 102.3 MHz was originally licensed to the KFOX-FM station in Long Beach, which broadcast a country format. In 1965 the African American businessman John Lamar Hill from South Los Angeles bought the station and organized a relaunch as KJLH with a "Black Radio Format" (smooth R&B, soul, jazz and MOR ). The station moved to Los Angeles.
In 1979 Hill sold his station to musician Stevie Wonder for $ 2 million. Wonder founded the operating company Taxi Productions especially for this purpose. He gave the station the motto resulting from the callsign " K indness, J oy, L ove & H appiness."
When one of the local competing channels, KDAY , switched to playing more classic hip-hop in 2009, KJLH also added more hip-hop to its program, but kept the music genre Urban Adult Contemporary.
KJLH is the oldest African American-owned radio station on the US west coast.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ KevRoss: Most Popular 10 Black Radio Stations Nationwide . January 12, 2012 ( online [accessed February 27, 2017]). Most Popular 10 Black Radio Stations Nationwide ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Celebrating 50 Years 102.3 KJLH. Retrieved February 27, 2017 (American English).
