KJOT (105.1

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) is a

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. It is owned by

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and carries an adult hits

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known as

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. KJOT plays a wide variety of hits from the 1960s until today, concentrating mostly on rock songs from the 1980s and 1990s. The

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s and offices are on Fairview Avenue in Boise. KJOT has an

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(ERP) of 52,000

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s. The

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is in Horseshoe Bend, amid the

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s for other Boise-area FM and TV stations.

History

Country (1979-1985)

KJOT first

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in 1979 as a

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station.

Rock (1985-2021)

In 1985, the station switched to an

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format and rebranded as "J105" after KUUB (now

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) dropped the format that same year. KJOT became a

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station around 2003 branded as "J105: Classic Rock, That Rocks". In 2006, the station changed the slogan to "J105: Everything That Rocks". At midnight on May 14, 2010, KJOT became a

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station branded as "Variety Rock 105.1". On November 12, 2012, KJOT began stunting with

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, with a new format planned when the holiday songs ended. After Christmas, KJOT returned to classic rock, still using the "Variety Rock" branding.

New ownership

Journal Communications (KJOT's owner) and

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announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E. W. Scripps Company name that will own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KJOT. The transaction was completed in 2015. On March 27, 2017, KJOT returned to its former "J105" branding. In January 2018, Scripps announced that it would sell all of its radio stations. In August 2018,

announced that it would acquire Scripps' Boise & Tucson clusters for $8 million. The sale was completed on December 12.

Adult hits (2021-present)

On March 13, 2021, Lotus Communications announced KJOT would drop its rock format after 35 years and flip to adult hits, as "105-1

" on March 15. The change took place at midnight. The last song on J105 was "

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" by

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, while the first song on Jack FM was " One Week" by

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.J105 Boise to Flip to Jack FM
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across the U.S. and Canada, and is aired in cities such as

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and

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. KJOT's format is in competition with KSRV-FM ("Bob FM 96-1"), a different brand of Adult Hits.

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