KJMM (105.3 FM) is a

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, and serving the Greater Tulsa

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. It is owned by

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and it has a

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. KJMM carries a

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wake up show on weekdays, "The Morning Hustle," based at Radio One/

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. KJMM's

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s are in the Copper Oaks complex in South Tulsa. KJMM has an

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(ERP) of 10,000

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s. The

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site is on South 186th Street East in Haskell, Oklahoma.

History

KJMM signed on the air on . It was one of three original Urban stations launched with the help of Perry Broadcasting, an

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-based media company. KJMM is part of the "Power Jammin'" network, along with

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and

KJMZ KJMZ (97.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. The station is licensed to Cache, Oklahoma, and serves the Lawton area. KJMZ is owned by Mollman Media, Inc. Studios are located on Flower Mound Road in eastern Law ...

in Lawton. The owner believed the African-American community was underserved in the radio media. At that point there was one FM radio station aimed at the Tulsa African-American community. It was KTOW-FM Sand Springs, "Mix 102.3" (now

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KRMG-FM KRMG-FM (102.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and serving the Tulsa metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cox Media Group, and airs a news/talk radio format, simulcast with co-owned AM 740 KRMG. W ...

). Its DJs were KK Holliday 7pm-12am, Danny Drake 3pm-7pm afternoon drive, Angel Craig 10am-3pm and Aaron Bernard 6am-10am and Nikki 12am-6am. Perry offered better salaries and took most of the DJs from Mix 102.3, hiring them to establish his competitor station on 105.3 MHz. The station plays

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, R&B,

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and

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on Sunday mornings. It was originally called ''Fresh Jamz 105.'' In 2004, KJMM changed its moniker to ''105.3 K-Jamz''. It began carrying "The

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Morning Show," while sending the previously aired morning drive program, "The

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" to

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KGTO KGTO (1050 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station is owned by Perry Publishing and Broadcasting and licensed to KJMM, Inc. It airs an urban adult contemporary music format. Its studios are located in the Copper ...

, an

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station at 1050AM which at the time was known as “The Touch 1050” as it was a part of “ The Touch” syndicated network. In December 2007, KJMM became the new affiliate of the

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-based " Big Boy's Neighborhood," replacing Doug Banks. "

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" later replaced Big Boy's Neighborhood in the morning on KJMM. In January 2020, "

" was sent to sister station

after

Tom Joyner Thomas Joyner (born November 23, 1949) is an American radio personality, host, philanthropist and former musician. Joyner is the former host of the nationally syndicated '' The Tom Joyner Morning Show'', and also founder of Reach Media Inc., the ...

retired in December 2019. Because of this KJMM became an affiliate of the new syndicated urban morning show "The Morning Hustle" hosted by rapper and former cast member on

, Headkrack. His co-host is rapper Lore’l. “The Morning Hustle” airs from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays. The current weekday lineup is the nationally syndicated “The Morning Hustle” now hosted by Kyle Santillian who used to be a co host on the morning show on 107.5 WGCI-FM in

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as well as Lore’l from 5 to 9 a.m..Local Personality Midwest B.J does the afternoon drive 2 to 6 p.m..

References

External links

KJMM station website
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