KJR (AM)

KJR
Broadcast areaSeattle metropolitan area
Frequency950 kHz
BrandingSports Radio 950 KJR
Programming
FormatSports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBKS-FM, KHHO, KJAQ, KJEB, KJR-FM, KPTR, KZOK-FM
History
First air date
March 9, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-03-09) (experimental under calls 7XC 1917-1922)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID48386
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
47°26′0″N 122°28′2″W / 47.43333°N 122.46722°W / 47.43333; -122.46722[2]
Repeater(s)95.7 KJEB-HD2 (Seattle)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website950kjr.iheart.com

KJR (950 kHz) is an all-sports AM radio station owned by iHeartMedia in Seattle, Washington. KJR is the Puget Sound region's home of Fox Sports Radio and Infinity Sports Network, mostly carrying their national programming, while co-owned KJR-FM has local sports talk shows during the day and evening. KJR-AM-FM are the flagship stations for Seattle Kraken hockey. During the Seattle Seahawks season, the stations use the slogan "Home of the 12th Man". The studios are in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of downtown.

KJR is among the oldest radio stations in the United States, tracing its lineage back to an experimental station in 1920. It is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array to protect other stations on 950 AM from interference. The transmitter is on 105th Avenue SW on Vashon Island.[3]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KJR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "FCC Query Results for KJR". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "KJR-AM 950 kHz - Seattle, WA". radio-locator.com.