Broadcast area Eastern South Dakota Facility ID 39580 Sister stations KJAM-FM City of license Madison Owner Digity, LLC Branding Dakota's Best | First air date 1959 Affiliations CBS News Frequency 1390 kHz Format Classic hits Area Eastern South Dakota | |
Power 500 watts (day)
62 watts (night) Slogan Classic Hits, News, and Information | ||
KJAM (1390 AM, "Dakota's Best") is a radio station licensed to serve Madison, South Dakota. The station is owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC. It airs a full-service Classic Hits music format with local news and information programming.
The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission. The call letters reflect the initials of the first owner of the station, Dr. John A. Muggly.
Notable local on-air personalities include Matt Groce on mornings, Matt Hendrickson on mid-days, and Jon Wulf on afternoons with news and ag reports throughout the day from Colonel Jon Phillips and News Director Sue Bergheim. Notable syndicated on-air personalities include Charles Osgood and Katie Couric.
"Dakota's Best" is the official station for Madison High School athletics, and also broadcasts Corn Belt League amateur baseball.