KHKK (104.1 FM) and KDJK (103.9 FM), known as The Hawk, are a pair of

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s in the Central Valley of

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. They are owned by

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and they

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. KHKK is licensed to

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and KDJK is licensed to

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. The Hawk carries the syndicated '' Bob & Tom'' morning show and during the

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season, The Hawk airs ''

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'' games. The Hawk's

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s and offices are on Transworld Drive in Stockton. KHKK's

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is off Corral Hollow Road in

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, while KDJK's transmitter is on Morrisey Lane in Mariposa.Radio-Locator.com/KDJK
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History

The KHKK license has its roots in KTRB-FM, the sister station to

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radio. The station went on the air in 1948, and simulcasted its sister AM station. By late 1970, KTRB-FM was programming a combination of AM simulcast, and night time Progressive Rock programming. In May 1973, the station was sold to Pappas Broadcasting, along with its AM sister station. At that time KTRB-FM, relaunched as KHOP. KHOP programmed a combination of simulcast of sister station KTRB (overnight hours and early mornings), brokered religious block programming (early mornings through late afternoons), ethnic block programming (late afternoons through 10:00PM) and late night Jazz (10:00PM-Midnight) from May 1973 through March 1978. In March 1978, KHOP re-launched as an automated, tightly-formatted Album Rock format and identified as "Rock 104." In November 1979, KHOP gradually moved to a live Top 40 format and evolved to full-on CHR as "Stereo 104." The format remained in effect until November 2, 1992. It switched to Album Oriented Rock on November 2, 1992 and was known as Rock 104. On April 23, 1996, Rock 104 moved to its new frequency at 95.1 FM, and after a few days of an all-

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, it switched formats on April 29, 1996 to classic hits and changed its

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to KROW, Arrow 104.1 "All Rock & Roll Oldies". On August 5, 1996, KROW became KHKK "The Hawk", retaining the classic hits format. On December 1, 2000, The Hawk moved to a harder-edged

format, while

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moved over from its sister station at 95.1 FM. Richard Perry is the Hawk's Program Director, and serves as disc jockey from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. He was formerly employed at the legendary, original KDJK (at 95.1 FM) as production director as well as co-host with Beaver Brown on the morning show. KDJK simulcasts this station on FM frequency 103.9 MHz, serving

. *The Bob & Tom Show - Weekday Mornings *Classic Rock Request Lunch - an hour of requests at noon on weekdays *Get The Led Out - a long set of

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at 7pm every weeknight *Classic Rock Block Party Weekend - All weekend long, beginning from 6PM on Fridays until 12AM on Mondays. Three songs in a row by a famous classic rock act at the top of each hour. *Twofer Tuesday - back-to-back songs from each artist on Tuesdays *Steve Gorman Rock - the Ex- Black Crowes Drummer hosts a show weekday nights *

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's Top Rock Countdown - Saturday Nights at 10pm *Las Vegas Raiders Football - During the

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regular season, the Hawk is one of the 20 stations that broadcast

games.

References

External links

The Hawk websiteThe Bob & Tom Show

FCC History Cards for KHKK
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