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HAPPY 85TH ANNIVERSARY KFJB
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 Wednesday, 02 January, 2008 12:00 AM
HAPPY 85TH ANNIVERSARY KFJB
Earl N. Peak(President Marshall Electric Co and founder of KFJB)
1230 KFJB FIRST OBTAINED A LICENSE IN THE
SPRING OF 1922 AUTHORIZING IT TO OPERATE AS AN AMATEUR CODE STATION. IN THE FALL OF 1922,KFJB BECAME THE FIRST RADIO STATION IN THE COUNTRY TO REMOTELY BROADCAST A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, STRINGING A CABLE FROM THE STUDIO TO FRANKLIN FIELD, THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
ON JUNE 2, 1923, KFJB WAS OFFICIALLY GRANTED A BROADCAST LICENSE FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. IN THE EARLY DAYS, KFJB WAS KNOWN AS A "10 WATT WONDER STATION", RECIEVING REPORTS OF RECEPTION FROM CANADA AND THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
KFJB ALSO CARRIES ONE OF THE LONGEST CONTINOUSLY RUNNING LOCAL RADIO PROGRAMS, "MAN ON THE STREET", WHICH FIRST AIRED IN THE LATE THIRTIES.
KFJB ALSO HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY RADIO STATIONS IN THE US TO HAVE THE SAME CALL LETTERS FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR BROADCASTING HISTORY.
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