KBBM (100.1 FM) is a radio station with a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...
format. Licensed to
Jefferson City, Missouri, the station serves the
Mid Missouri area. This station is owned by
Cumulus Media.
History
Easy listening (1974-1978)
100.1 FM KJMO originally signed on the air as an easy-listening/beautiful music formatted station. Live announcers played a mix of taped music and easy listening album tracks from studios on South Ten Mile Drive that had formerly been a residence.
Top 40 (1978-1992)
After a change in management,
100.1 FM in Jefferson City KJMO became J-100, a semi-automated and semi-live Top 40, Rock and Popular Music station and Jefferson City's original 24-hour a day radio station, as KLIK, KJFF (KTXY) and KWOS all signed off around midnight until the early 1980s.
Oldies (1992-1998)
The station changed formats to
oldies in 1992, keeping the KJMO call letters.
Adult contemporary (1998-2003)
In 1998, the station changed formats to
adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
, using the name "Kiss FM."
Modern rock (2003-2013)
In 2003, the station changed formats to
modern rock and its call letters to KBBM. The station's name was "The Buzz," which was previously used on 98.3 FM. The station aired the syndicated
Mancow
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show in morning drive.
Sports (2013)
KBBM changed their format to sports and was then branded as "Sports Radio 100.1 The Fan". Most programming from this period came from
CBS Sports Radio.
Country (2013-present)
On October 5 that same year, the station began simulcasting on the previously country-formatted
KZJF 104.1 FM, in a process of moving the sports format to KZJF's weaker signal.
The Fan Moves In Columbia/Jefferson City
/ref> On the 7th, The Fan moved to 104.1 as 100.1 began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 100.1". At 10:01 am on the 8th, the station flipped to country, branded as "100.1 Nash FM" much like other Cumulus-owned country music stations. This is now the second station owned by Cumulus to launch "Nash FM" as a new format rather than just renaming the station, the first being WNSH
WXBK (94.7 FM, "94.7 The Block") is a classic hip hop-formatted radio station that is licensed to Newark, New Jersey and serves the New York City area. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. WXBK’s studios are located in the combined Audacy fac ...
in New York. This can also be considered a format switch with 104.1.
References
External links
BBM
Radio stations established in 1975
Cumulus Media radio stations
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