KJOY
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KJOY is an FM radio station serving the Stockton
area with its lite rock
format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 99.3 MHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media
. KJOY signed on the air as KJAX in 1968 with an Instrumental Easy Listening
Music format also known as Elevator Music
and Beautiful Music
. It was known as Cloud 99. It was originally owned by Joseph Gamble Stations Inc. and was the FM Sister Station to KJOY-1280 AM. In 1989, Both stations flip flopped their call letters with KJOY on the FM dial and KJAX on the AM dial. Today, KJAX-1280 is KWSX
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Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
area with its lite rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 99.3 MHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, behind Clear Channel Communications, operating 570 stations in 150 markets as of September 16, 2011. The company also owns Cumulus Media Networks...
. KJOY signed on the air as KJAX in 1968 with an Instrumental Easy Listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
Music format also known as Elevator Music
Elevator music
Elevator music refers to instrumental arrangements of popular music designed for playing in shopping malls, grocery stores, department stores, telephone systems , cruise ships, airports, doctors' and dentists' offices, and elevators...
and Beautiful Music
Beautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
. It was known as Cloud 99. It was originally owned by Joseph Gamble Stations Inc. and was the FM Sister Station to KJOY-1280 AM. In 1989, Both stations flip flopped their call letters with KJOY on the FM dial and KJAX on the AM dial. Today, KJAX-1280 is KWSX
KWSX
KWSX is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk format. Licensed to Stockton, California, USA, it serves the Stockton area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications....
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