KJAE is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Leesville, Louisiana

Leesville, Louisiana

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, USA

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, the station serves Vernon Parish and surrounding areas from a studio located in Leesville, Louisiana

Leesville, Louisiana

Leesville is a city in and the parish seat of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,753 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fort Polk South Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city is home to the Fort Polk U.S. Army installation...

. The station is currently owned by Pene Broadcasting Company , Inc .

The station broadcasts occasionally using the syndicated ABC Real Country

Real country

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 format during non-locally produced times. It is also broadcasts syndicated LSU

Louisiana State University

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 sport

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s over the air. The station is an affiliate of the New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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radio network.

History

The station was originally licensed in 1980 after being granted a FCC permit earlier in the year to begin construction of the FM station. The station was originally licensed as a 3,000 watt Class A station that year. On January 20, 2000, the station upgraded to its current facilities of 7,500 watts (however, the station jokes about upgrading to 500,000 watts on its website).