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KXJZ
KXJZ (90.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Sacramento, California, United States. It is owned by Sacramento State University and has studios on the campus at 7055 Folsom Boulevard. KXJZ's sister station is classical music-formatted KXPR 88.9 FM. The two stations are known as CapRadio (formerly Capital Public Radio).
KXJZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most stations in California. The transmitter is on Sorento Road in Elverta. KXJZ broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD-2 digital subchannel carries KXPR's classical format.
KXJZ is CapRadio's news and talk station, airing programming from National Public Radio (NPR), the Public Radio Exchange and American Public Media. NPR programs on weekdays include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Here and Now and Marketplace. At 9 a.m., Monday through Thursday, Insight with Vicki Gonzalez, a local interview and call-in show is heard.
Evenings and weekends feature specialty shows including Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, Code Switch, This American Life, Hidden Brain, Radio Lab, Latino USA, The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment and It's Been A Minute. Late nights, KXJZ carries the BBC World Service. KXJZ and KXPR hold periodic on-air fund raisers to support the running of the stations.
On April 21, 1964, Sacramento State College applied for a construction permit to build a new noncommercial radio station in Sacramento. It would broadcast with 10 watts at 88.9 MHz. Dr. Howard Martin had been the primary exponent for a radio station on campus. The Federal Communications Commission approved the application on June 17. KERS signed on the air on October 5, 1964. Initially broadcasting seven hours a day, students produced most of the programming on the new outlet. It also aired taped lectures from the faculty and other cultural programs.
Sacramento State applied in 1967 to increase KERS's effective radiated power to 5,350 watts and move to 90.7 MHz. The FCC approved the change on June 22, 1967, and the new facility was activated in April 1968. Also installed at this time were a second production room, more offices and a wire service hookup. It had nearly doubled its output, being on air 95 hours a week; notable features included the telecast of all Sacramento State basketball games, home and away, as well as music recitals from the campus. By 1971, KERS's musical programming was largely progressive rock and jazz.
KERS's most notable moment would come on April 30, 1971, when student reporter Rosemarie King broke a bombshell story on her newscast: that Governor Ronald Reagan had not paid any state income tax in 1970. The revelation spread and forced Reagan to admit its veracity. It also prompted a state tax board agent to interview King, hoping to learn more about the leak, but the journalist refused to divulge her source. Her actions resulted in a commendation from two regions of Sigma Delta Chi. King would later be hired by Nancy Pelosi as her top aide when she took over the California Democratic Party in 1981 and later served as the party's executive director and as a consultant.
At the time, Sacramento did not have a public radio station of its own. In the late 1970s, Sacramento State pursued a strategy to transform KERS into a public station for the Sacramento Valley. Several federal grants were obtained to hire new staff. The school also sought to upgrade the facility, moving to 90.9 MHz at higher power from the KTXL tower in Walnut Grove; KTXL donated the tower space. Additionally, KERS suffered from budget constraints and community pressure related to its alternative programming.
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KXJZ
KXJZ (90.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Sacramento, California, United States. It is owned by Sacramento State University and has studios on the campus at 7055 Folsom Boulevard. KXJZ's sister station is classical music-formatted KXPR 88.9 FM. The two stations are known as CapRadio (formerly Capital Public Radio).
KXJZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most stations in California. The transmitter is on Sorento Road in Elverta. KXJZ broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD-2 digital subchannel carries KXPR's classical format.
KXJZ is CapRadio's news and talk station, airing programming from National Public Radio (NPR), the Public Radio Exchange and American Public Media. NPR programs on weekdays include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Here and Now and Marketplace. At 9 a.m., Monday through Thursday, Insight with Vicki Gonzalez, a local interview and call-in show is heard.
Evenings and weekends feature specialty shows including Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, Code Switch, This American Life, Hidden Brain, Radio Lab, Latino USA, The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment and It's Been A Minute. Late nights, KXJZ carries the BBC World Service. KXJZ and KXPR hold periodic on-air fund raisers to support the running of the stations.
On April 21, 1964, Sacramento State College applied for a construction permit to build a new noncommercial radio station in Sacramento. It would broadcast with 10 watts at 88.9 MHz. Dr. Howard Martin had been the primary exponent for a radio station on campus. The Federal Communications Commission approved the application on June 17. KERS signed on the air on October 5, 1964. Initially broadcasting seven hours a day, students produced most of the programming on the new outlet. It also aired taped lectures from the faculty and other cultural programs.
Sacramento State applied in 1967 to increase KERS's effective radiated power to 5,350 watts and move to 90.7 MHz. The FCC approved the change on June 22, 1967, and the new facility was activated in April 1968. Also installed at this time were a second production room, more offices and a wire service hookup. It had nearly doubled its output, being on air 95 hours a week; notable features included the telecast of all Sacramento State basketball games, home and away, as well as music recitals from the campus. By 1971, KERS's musical programming was largely progressive rock and jazz.
KERS's most notable moment would come on April 30, 1971, when student reporter Rosemarie King broke a bombshell story on her newscast: that Governor Ronald Reagan had not paid any state income tax in 1970. The revelation spread and forced Reagan to admit its veracity. It also prompted a state tax board agent to interview King, hoping to learn more about the leak, but the journalist refused to divulge her source. Her actions resulted in a commendation from two regions of Sigma Delta Chi. King would later be hired by Nancy Pelosi as her top aide when she took over the California Democratic Party in 1981 and later served as the party's executive director and as a consultant.
At the time, Sacramento did not have a public radio station of its own. In the late 1970s, Sacramento State pursued a strategy to transform KERS into a public station for the Sacramento Valley. Several federal grants were obtained to hire new staff. The school also sought to upgrade the facility, moving to 90.9 MHz at higher power from the KTXL tower in Walnut Grove; KTXL donated the tower space. Additionally, KERS suffered from budget constraints and community pressure related to its alternative programming.