KANJ (91.1
FM) is a
non-commercial educational
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radio station
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licensed to serve
Giddings, Texas, United States. The station, established in 1998, is owned by Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc.
KANJ broadcasts a
Christian radio
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format.
The station's programming is a simulcast of
KHCB-FM in
Houston, Texas
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, as part of the KHCB Radio Network.
History
This station received its original
construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
from the
Federal Communications Commission
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on July 17,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
.
The new station was assigned the KANJ
call sign
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by the FCC on September 8, 1995.
KANJ received its
license to cover from the FCC on April 8, 1999.
In July 1999, license holder Wilderness Educational Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Houston Christian Broadcasters, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 10, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on November 4, 1999.
References
External links
KKCB Radio Network official website
ANJ
Radio stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Texas
Lee County, Texas
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