KAJX

Radio station in Aspen, Colorado

Aspen, Colorado

Frequency91.5 MHzBrandingAspen Public RadioProgrammingFormatNPR News/TalkOwnershipOwner

Aspen Public Radio
(Roaring Fork Public Radio Inc.)

HistoryFounded1981

First air date

July 7, 1987 (1987-07-07)^[1]Technical information^[2]

Licensing authority

FCCFacility ID3009ClassAERP380 wattsHAAT-301 metersTranslator(s)

K216BF 91.1 Aspen
K207DT 89.3 Basalt
K215AC 90.9 Snowmass Village

Links

Public license information

Public file
LMS

Websiteaspenpublicradio.orgKCJX

Carbondale, Colorado

Frequency88.9 MHzTechnical informationFacility ID85785ClassC1ERP4,000 wattsHAAT775 meters (2,543 ft)

KAJX (91.5 FM) and KCJX (88.9 FM) are radio stations simulcasting a majority NPR news format with an afternoon Classical Music block during the Summer months. The stations are licensed to Roaring Fork Public Radio, Inc. (DBA as Aspen Public Radio) in Aspen, Colorado (KAJX) and Carbondale, Colorado (KCJX). Located in Aspen, the non-commercial station is governed by a board of directors. It serves Roaring Fork, Crystal, Fryingpan, and Eagle River valleys in the state of Colorado.

The station is overseen by Roaring Fork Public Radio, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. The station was founded as Roaring Fork Public Radio Translator, Inc., in 1981 by Isaiah (Sy) Coleman. From 1981 to 1987, the station served as a repeater station for Wyoming Public Radio. After being granted a full-service construction permit in 1985, KAJX became its own station on July 7, 1987;^[1] the first local program was founder Coleman ordering a pizza.^[3] In 2002 the FCC granted Roaring Fork Public Radio (Aspen Public Radio) its second license, KCJX, Carbondale. KAJX, Aspen, and KCJX, Carbondale, broadcast the same stream.

Aspen Public Radio provides local news broadcasts and reporting each weekday as well as national news and cultural affairs programming from National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media, PRX, and the BBC.

References

^ ^a ^b "KAJX(FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1992. p. A-54 (132). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "Facility Technical Data for KAJX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Bektesh, Alycin (April 24, 2020). "Aspen Public Radio founder Sy Coleman dies at 77". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved January 4, 2021.

External links

KAJX in the FCC FM station database
KAJX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
KCJX in the FCC FM station database
KCJX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in Aspen, Colorado and the Roaring Fork Valley

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88.1
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106.1
107.1

LPFM	107.9
Translators	88.3 K202AB K202AT 88.5 88.5 89.9 91.1 93.1 K226BU K226BW 93.9 K230AN K230AZ 94.7 94.9 K235AN K235AP 96.3 97.3 98.3 K252BX K252CU 98.7 99.9 100.1 K261AK K261AI 101.1 101.3 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.5 K278AG K278BD 104.3 107.7

Digital radio
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Nearby regions: Denver–Boulder; Grand Junction

See also: List of radio stations in Colorado

v t e NPR member stations in the state of Colorado
Colorado Public Radio News stations	Boulder KCFC Craig KPYR Denver KCFR-FM Grand Junction KPRN Montrose KPRH Vail KPRE
Colorado Public Radio Classical stations	Carbondale-Glenwood Springs KVOV Delta-Grand Junction-Montrose KPRU Fort Collins KVXO Lakewood-Denver KVOD Pueblo KCFP
Colorado Public Radio Indie 102.3 stations	Carbondale-Glenwood Springs KNDH Colorado Springs KEPC Greenwood Village-Denver KVOQ Vail KVQI
Colorado Public Radio KRCC stations	Colorado Springs KRCC La Junta KECC Starkville KCCS Woodland Park KWCC
KUNC stations	Estes Park KENC Greeley KUNC Minturn KVNC Steamboat Springs KRNC
Aspen Public Radio stations	Aspen KAJX Carbondale KCJX
KSUT stations	Durango KDNG Ignacio KSUT Ignacio KUTE Pagosa Springs KPGS
KVNF stations	Montrose KVMT Paonia KVNF
KCME stations	Manitou Springs-Colorado Springs KCME Salida KMPZ
Other stations	Alamosa KRZA Carbondale KDNK Cortez KSJD Crested Butte KBUT Denver KUVO Lamar KCSE Telluride KOTO Timnath-Greeley KJAC
See also List of NPR stations
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