KJJM (100.5 FM, "The Rock") is a

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to serve

Baker, Montana Baker is a city in and the county seat of Fallon County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,802 at the 2020 census. It was named after A. G. Baker, an engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. History Bak ...

. The station is owned by Jay B. Newell, through licensee Newell Media, LLC. It airs a

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music format. The station shares studios with sister KFLN, at 3584 Highway 7, north of Baker, Montana. The transmitter and tower is located farther north on Highway 7. The station has listeners in the surrounding area including Glendive, Wibaux, Bowman, Plevna, and Ekalaka. It began broadcasting in 2001 and has had a live morning show hosted since then by Vaughn Zenko. With the launch of the station, several former DJs appeared using alternate names inspired by "Scooby-Doo" including "Daphne Blake", "Freddy Jones", and "Shaggy Rogers" as well as another male, and previous co-host of the morning show, referred to as "The Most Hated Man in Baker". The station occasionally airs play-by-play of local high school sports. The station was assigned the KJJM call letters by the

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on May 11,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

References

External links

KJJM official website
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