KXOJ-FM (94.1

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) is an FM

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licensed to Glenpool, Oklahoma, and serving the

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. It airs a

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format and is owned by the Stephens Media Group, through licensee SMG-Tulsa, LLC. Its studios are located at the

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. While some Christian stations are

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, KXOJ-FM is a

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station and is owned by a for-profit broadcaster. KXOJ-FM is a Class C1 FM station. It has an

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(ERP) of 100,000

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s, the maximum for most FM stations. The

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and

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are in Chandler Park, off West 21st Street in Sand Springs. KXOJ-FM broadcasts using

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technology. Its HD2

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has a

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format known as "Now 94.5," playing

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and

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. That feeds 250-watt

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K233AU at 94.1 MHz in Tulsa.

History

KXOJ-FM

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the air on .''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1980'' page C-185. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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and was the

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of KXOJ 1550 AM, now KYAL. The stations were originally located in Sapulpa. For its first several decades, it went through several formats and

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changes, even playing

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for several years. It also switched its

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for a while to

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. In 2000, the station's call letters were KTSO. That stood for Tulsa's Soft Oldies. On November 22, 2012, KTSO started playing all

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, calling itself "Tulsa's Official Christmas Station." After the holidays, it returned to playing the hits of the 1960s, 70s & 80s. Before August 16, 2016, KXOJ-FM was located at 100.9. The morning DJs were Dave Weston and Katie Rindt. Other veteran announcers included Bob Michaels, who joined the station in 1998, and Gary Thompson who began intermittently working there in the early 1990s. After many years in morning drive, Heather Miles moved to the midday shift in January 2016. Jeremiah St. James joined the staff as evening host in 2018. On July 1, 2013, KTSO changed its format to

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, branded as "94.1 The Breeze". KTSO and KXOJ swapped their formats and call letters the morning of August 16, 2016 to increase the overall reach of KXOJ-FM's Christian AC format throughout the Tulsa area, with 94.1's 100,000 watts providing more signal range than the traditionally limited range of 100.9. KXOJ Tulsa Prepping Move To 94.1
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* {{Tulsa Radio XOJ-FM Glenpool, Oklahoma Radio stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma Christian adult contemporary radio stations in the United States