Broadcast area | Sacramento metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1430 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Weekdays: Hmong talk and music Weekends: Russian and Christian radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | KJAY, LLC |
History | |
First air date | May 23, 1963 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65226 |
Class | D |
Power | 500 watts days 20 watts nights 240 watts (translator) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′17″N 121°33′39″W / 38.50472°N 121.56083°W |
Translator(s) | 98.1 K251CA (Sacramento) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www.kjayradio.net |
KJAY (1430 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Sacramento, California.[2] The station is owned by KJAY, LLC. KJAY airs a World Ethnic radio format consisting of mostly Hmong language programs with some Russian language shows and religious programming on Sundays. (The Hmong are an ethnic group originally from parts of Laos, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.)
KJAY is powered at 500 watts by day, using a directional antenna. But to avoid interfering with other stations on 1430 AM, it reduces power at night to 20 watts non-directional. The transmitter located off South River Road in Sacramento, near the Sacramento River.[3] Programming is also heard on 240 watt FM translator K251CA at 98.1 MHz in Sacramento.[4]