City Clayton, Missouri Branding Joy FM | Broadcast area Greater St. Louis First air date 1948 | |
Slogan "Music. Faith. Community." Frequency 94.1 MHz FM (2001-2014)
97.7 MHz FM (2001-2014)
99.1 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) (2010-present)
HD-2:Boost 101.9 | ||
KLJY (branded as Joy FM) is a commercial-free contemporary Christian radio station serving the Greater St. Louis area who bought the former KFUO-FM signal. KLJY, licensed to Clayton, Missouri, operates at 99.1 MHz. It is transmitted with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in Shrewsbury, while their studios are located in Des Peres. In addition to broadcasting music, the station also sponsors community service events and activities throughout the St. Louis area.
History
Joy FM was founded by former WCBW employees, namely Sandi Brown, after that station was sold in 1997. The creators decided from the beginning the new station would be a non-commercial, listener supported station so it could "never be sold." At the beginning, Joy FM had two rimshot stations operating at 94.1 (KPVR) and 97.7 (KHZR) FM. The 94.1 signal was leased out in 2010, but has since resumed broadcasting the same signal feed that 97.7 and 99.1 FM, the former KFUO-FM signal Joy FM purchased and began broadcasting Contemporary Christian music on July 7, 2010, do. A controversy from the beginning, the sale enraged local Classical music fans, due to the loss of the only remaining St. Louis radio station devoted completely to Classical music. After the sale, to increase the awareness of the new signal, bumper stickers and billboards of the new "99.1 Joy FM" insignia appeared throughout the St Louis region, prompting tremendous growth of listenership versus the old station.