KJJP

KJJP (105.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Amarillo, Texas. The station is owned by Kanza Society, Inc., and is an affiliate of the High Plains Public Radio network.

KJJP

Amarillo, Texas
Frequency	105.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	High Plains Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio; News, Classical music, Jazz
Affiliations	National Public Radio American Public Media Public Radio International WFMT
Ownership
Owner	Kanza Society, Inc. (Kanza Society, Inc.)
History
First air date	December 6, 1991[1]
Former call signs	KAEZ (1991–2004)[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	33273
Class	C2
ERP	43,000 watts
HAAT	160 meters (520 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°17′33″N 101°50′48″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Stream
Website	hppr.org

History

The station began broadcasting December 6, 1991, airing an easy listening format, and held the call sign KAEZ.^[1][4] It adopted a soft AC format in 1993.^[5] In 1999, the station was sold to KXOJ, Inc. for $750,000, and it adopted a Christian contemporary format.^[6][7] The station was branded "The Breeze".^[8]

In 2004, the station was sold to Kanza Society Inc. for $1.25 million and it became an affiliate of High Plains Public Radio.^[9][10] On October 8, 2004, its call sign was changed to KJJP.^[2] Although Amarillo is the largest urban center in the HPPR coverage area, this was the first time most of the area had received a clear signal from an NPR station. The region had already been served by HPPR repeater KTXP in nearby Bushland, but it operates at only 1,000 watts to protect West Texas A&M University's KWTS at 91.1 FM. KTXP's signal was so weak that HPPR had to install a low-powered translator serving Amarillo itself at 94.9 FM.