KJMC
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KJMC is a non-commercial educational radio station
serving the Des Moines, Iowa
area with an Urban Adult Contemporary
format. KJMC is owned by Minority Communications, Inc.
The station was originally licensed as KLNQ on November 2, 1998. In the 1980s, it was under the call letters KUCB. It changed its callsign to KJMC on March 1, 1999.
KJMC is the Des Moines market affiliate for the Tom Joyner Morning Show
and the Michael Baisden
Show. Since KJMC is a non-commercial station, the national commercials are replaced with music, public service announcements and underwriting announcements from local businesses.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
area with an Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
format. KJMC is owned by Minority Communications, Inc.
The station was originally licensed as KLNQ on November 2, 1998. In the 1980s, it was under the call letters KUCB. It changed its callsign to KJMC on March 1, 1999.
KJMC is the Des Moines market affiliate for the Tom Joyner Morning Show
Tom Joyner Morning Show
The Tom Joyner Morning Show is a nationally-syndicated program, featuring host Tom Joyner and a team of comedians and commentators reporting and discussing the latest news and sports of the day, playing popular R&B songs from the 1970s through the 1990s as well as contemporary R&B hits, and an...
and the Michael Baisden
Michael Baisden
Michael Baisden is an American author, motivational speaker, host of the TV One talk show Baisden After Dark, and host of his own nationally-syndicated radio show.-Career:...
Show. Since KJMC is a non-commercial station, the national commercials are replaced with music, public service announcements and underwriting announcements from local businesses.