Editing KSJS

{{short description|Radio station at San Jose State University}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = KSJS-FM logo.jpg
| name             = KSJS
| city             = [[San Jose, California]]
| area             = [[Santa Clara Valley]]
| branding         =
| airdate          = 
| frequency        = 90.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| format           = [[College radio|College]]
| owner            = [[San Jose State University]]
| erp              = 1,500 watts
| haat             = {{convert|144|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 58845
| callsign_meaning = San Jose State University
| webcast          = [http://ksjs.org/listen/ Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.ksjs.org/ ksjs.org] 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KSJS''' (90.5&nbsp;MHz) is a [[college radio]] station that broadcasts 24 hours a day from the campus of [[San Jose State University]] in [[San Jose, California]], United States. The brainchild of Professor Clarence Flick, it went on the air on February 11, 1963, with only 85 watts of power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metroactive.com/arts/KSJS-Turns-50.html |title = KSJS Turns 50 {{!}} College Radio {{!}} San Jose State University|date = February 7, 2013}}</ref> The studio is located in Hugh Gillis Hall, easily accessible to [[acronym:RTVF|RTVF]] majors. Originally, its transmitting antenna was installed atop the Walquist Library Building on campus, but broadcasting range was adversely affected due to the nearby Bank of America Building's superior height. Today, however, its transmitter atop Coyote Peak broadcasts 1,500 watts, allowing the station to be heard by the entire [[Santa Clara Valley]] and much of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]].  Currently, the station features five musical formats: [[urban music|urban]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[alternative rock]], [[rock en Español]], and [[jazz]]. In addition, KSJS has student-produced broadcasts of [[San Jose State Spartans]] [[sports teams]], including football, basketball, and baseball.

==History==
KSJS carried regular news programs produced by San Jose State's Radio-Television News Center, which had been started by Professor [[Gordon Greb]] in 1957.  The programs in the 1960s included a world and national news program, broadcast shortly after the daily sign-on, and "Spectrum," a college news program with emphasis on San Jose State news.

In 1958, San Jose State created [[closed-circuit radio]] station KOED.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=12654&context=spartandaily|title=SJS KOED-Radio Opens For Service|work=The Spartan Daily|date=October 28, 1958|accessdate=October 14, 2023|publisher=San Jose State College|volume=46|issue=25}}</ref>

From the 1970s through the early 1980s, KSJS was heavily formatted, with students learning to "talk up" records, play [[public service announcement]]s at appropriate times and even "backtime" songs to a top-of-the-hour newscast.  In recent years, the station has taken on more of a free-form approach.  KSJS has been named "Station of the Year" twice by the [[National Association of College Broadcasters]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.jazzweek.com/2005-July/004090.html |title=&#91;JPL&#93; San Jose State University's KSJS-FM Wins "Station of the Year", M edium Markets at the 2005 JazzWeek Summit, June 22–25, Syracuse, NY |access-date=2014-06-12 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150423/http://archive.jazzweek.com/2005-July/004090.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wncu.org/music-news/jazz-week-summit-presents-the-best-in-jazz-radio-awards-wncus-bh-hudson-among-the-nominees/|title = WNCU 90.7 FM Jazz Radio » Jazz Week Summit Presents the Best in Jazz Radio Awards—WNCU's BH Hudson Among the NomineesWNCU 90.7 FM Jazz Radio}}</ref>

==Notable staff==
* [[Pat Hughes (sportscaster)|Pat Hughes]], sports announcer and reporter for KSJS in the mid-1970s and 1978 [[San Jose State]] graduate, later became play-by-play radio announcer for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1984–1995) and [[Chicago Cubs]] (1996–present).<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230722211151/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-02-23-9702230399-story.html|archivedate=July 22, 2023|title=He finally made it to the big leagues|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-02-23-9702230399-story.html|last=Minkoff|first=Randy|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 23, 1997|accessdate=July 25, 2023|url-status=dead}}</reF><reF>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.sjsu.edu/chhs/2012/08/23/jmc-faculty-meet-with-sjsu-alumni-pat-hughes/|title=JMC Faculty Meet with SJSU Alumni Pat Hughes|publisher=San Jose State University College of Health and Human Sciences|date=August 23, 2012|accessdate=July 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Tony Kovaleski]], sports director for KSJS around 1981–82, later became a TV news investigative reporter with [[KMGH]] in [[Denver]] (2001–2011, 2015–present) and [[KNTV]] in San Jose (2012–2015).<reF>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625155114/https://www.denverpost.com/2015/11/11/tony-kovaleski-returns-to-channel-7-as-investigative-reporter/|archivedate=June 25, 2016|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2015/11/11/tony-kovaleski-returns-to-channel-7-as-investigative-reporter/|title=Tony Kovaleski returns to Channel 7 as investigative reporter|last=Ostrow|first=Joanne|work=The Denver Post|date=November 11, 2015|accessdate=July 25, 2023|url-status=dead}}</reF><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=6739&context=spartandaily|title=Offer to broadcast ball games causes falling out at KSJS|last=Strahl|first=Eric|work=The Spartan Daily|date=March 17, 1981|volume=76|issue=35|accessdate=July 25, 2023|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6928&context=spartandaily|title=Campus smooth talkers garner awards|last=Cocco|first=Toni|work=The Spartan Daily|volume=79|issue=16|pages=1, 6}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Terry]], host of ''Friday Flashbacks'' since 1976, is a 2021 inductee into Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksjs.org/6256-2|title=Bay Area Radio Hall Of Fame, Dennis “Terry” Teresi|last=Bench|first=Kara|publisher=KSJS|date=November 10, 2021|accessdate=February 22, 2024}}</ref><reF>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230726045459/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/01/why-it-sounds-a-lot-like-christmas-on-the-air-earlier-and-earlier/|archivedate=July 26, 2023|title=Why it sounds a lot like Christmas on the air earlier and earlier|last=Kava|first=Brad|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/01/why-it-sounds-a-lot-like-christmas-on-the-air-earlier-and-earlier/|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=December 1, 2006|accessdate=July 25, 2023|url-status=dead}}</reF>
* [[Henry Wofford]] was news director and sports announcer at KSJS and later worked for [[KLIV]] and [[NBC Sports Bay Area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2010/01/12/henry-wofford-joins-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area/|title=Henry Wofford Joins Comcast SportsNet Bay Area|last=Braff|first=Carolyn|publisher=Sports Video Group|date=January 12, 2010|accessdate=July 25, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Campus radio]]
* [[List of college radio stations in the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ksjs.org/ KSJS Website]{{FM station data|58845|KSJS}}
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=I1QPcDUxegUC&pg=PA24 CMJ station profile of KSJS (May 19, 2003)]

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