KJIN
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KJIN is a 1,000 watt AM
station in Houma, Louisiana
, broadcasting most of the ESPN Radio network programming with some locally produced programming.
in the 1950s. This station however, has held the KJIN callsign for most of the past 30 years except for a 2½ year period between 2000 and 2003 when it held KFXY which was the former callsign of today's KMYO. For most of its recent past, it was an Am sister relay to KCIL
, however the former owners Guaranty broadcasting, installed the ESPN sports format on the station to provide listeners in the area with a sports station that was listenable in the Houma area as the nearest sports stations were up to 50 miles away at the time.
AM broadcasting
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station in Houma, Louisiana
Houma, Louisiana
Houma is a city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's powers of government have been absorbed by the parish, which is now run by the Terrebonne Parish...
, broadcasting most of the ESPN Radio network programming with some locally produced programming.
History
This station was originally KCILKCIL
KXMG, aka "Mega 107.5', is a Spanish top 40 outlet serving the Tri-Parishes area but its signal can be heard in parts of the New Orleans area. The station, licensed to Houma, Louisiana, is owned by Sunburst Media Broadcasting and broadcasts at 107.5 MHz with an ERP of 69 kW.Although KCIL has been a...
in the 1950s. This station however, has held the KJIN callsign for most of the past 30 years except for a 2½ year period between 2000 and 2003 when it held KFXY which was the former callsign of today's KMYO. For most of its recent past, it was an Am sister relay to KCIL
KCIL
KXMG, aka "Mega 107.5', is a Spanish top 40 outlet serving the Tri-Parishes area but its signal can be heard in parts of the New Orleans area. The station, licensed to Houma, Louisiana, is owned by Sunburst Media Broadcasting and broadcasts at 107.5 MHz with an ERP of 69 kW.Although KCIL has been a...
, however the former owners Guaranty broadcasting, installed the ESPN sports format on the station to provide listeners in the area with a sports station that was listenable in the Houma area as the nearest sports stations were up to 50 miles away at the time.