KKJG

KKJG (98.1 FM, "98.1 K-Jug") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo County area. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a country music format. The KKJG studios and offices are located on Sacramento Road in San Luis Obispo and its transmitter is off TV Tower Road in Santa Margarita.^[2]

KKJG

San Luis Obispo, California
Broadcast area	San Luis Obispo County, California
Frequency	98.1 MHz
Branding	98.1 K-Jug
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	American General Media (AGM California, Inc.)
Sister stations	KKAL, KSTT-FM, KVEC, KZOZ
History
First air date	January 1, 1984
Former call signs	KKUS (1984–1992)
Call sign meaning	K K-JuG (used as a musical instrument in early bluegrass bands)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71713
Class	B
ERP	4,500 watts
HAAT	463 meters (1,519 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	jugcountry.com

History

The station was first signed on January 1, 1984, as KKUS by Cabrillo Communications Inc.^[3]

On May 1, 1992, Cabrillo sold KKUS to Westcoast Broadcasting Inc. for $800,000.^[4] The new owner changed the station's call sign to KKJG on June 1^[5][6] and introduced a country music format branded "K-Jug".

In April 1997, Westcoast sold KKJG to American General Media for $1.5 million.^[7]

Programming

Tom and Becky in the Morning, KKJG's morning program, is hosted weekdays by Tom Keffury and Becky Kingman. Keffury is a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo County who arrived at KKJG in October 2005. In the 1990s, Keffury was a morning disc jockey at KDDB. Kingman graduated with a degree in journalism from Cal Poly in 2007 and has lived in San Luis Obispo County since the early 2000s.^[8] Preceding the morning show is Farmview Radio, an agricultural news show. Airing Sunday evenings is Country Countdown USA, hosted by Lon Helton.