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ERP
  
41,000 watts

Class
  
C2

Frequency
  
92.5 MHz

Format
  
Country music

Branding
  
92.5 Nash Icon

HAAT
  
165 meters

Facility ID
  
22882

City of license
  
West Des Moines

Owner
  
Cumulus Media

Sister stations
  
KHKI, KGGO, KWQW, KBGG

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Broadcast area
  
Des Moines metropolitan area

First air date
  
1978 (as KANY at 106.3) 1988 (at 92.5)

Area
  
Des Moines metropolitan area

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KJJY is a commercial radio station licensed to West Des Moines, Iowa, United States, broadcasting on 92.5 FM. As Nash Icon, it broadcasts a country music format and is under the ownership of Cumulus Media, which also owns the market's other country music outlet, KHKI.

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History

KJJY originally signed on the air as KANY in 1978 at 106.3, when it was licensed to Ankeny, Iowa. On May 2, 1981, the station was sold by the Ankeny Broadcasting company to Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting, who later changed the call letters to KJJY and the format to country music.

As KJJY, the station slowly built a following taking on the market's current country giant KSO, which had been the market's country leader on the AM band since 1972. KJJY fended off a challenge from KKXI in 1986, asserting its dominance in the FM country market. To further compete in the market, KJJY moved to 92.5 MHz in 1988 and received a power upgrade to 50,000 watts. The 106.3 frequency ceased at this time, but returned to the air in 1991. Today, KDXA occupies the frequency.

In 2003, Citadel Broadcasting, which had purchased KHKI, acquired KJJY from Wilks Broadcasting. The pairing has paid off for both stations, ratings and audience wise, without cannibalizing each other. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.

At 3pm on August 15, 2014, KJJY became one of the first affiliates of the new "Nash Icons" network as "92.5 Nash Icon".

Current disk jockeys

John Mcoy, Eddie Hatfild, Tony Conrad, Monk and Kelly

References

KJJY Wikipedia