900 AM, Columbus

Through the Years

• 1948

  April 28, 1948-  KJSK signs on at 1,000 watts, non-directional on a 260 foot tower.  Daytime only.  Studios and transmitter co-located  on Route 3, Shady Lake Road 6  (8/10th of a mile northwest of town).  Format is Religious/Middle of the Road and the call letters mean: “Know Jesus Saves and Keeps.”  Glorious Gospel Hour  produced by Anderson begins a 30+ run after airing five years on another station.

• 1956

  Anderson expands into group ownership with the purchase of stations in Kansas and Colorado, and copyrights “Heart of the Nation Stations” slogan.

• 1959

  Reassigns license to KJSK Inc. as part of the Anderson Group of Stations.

• 1964

  KJSK 101.1 FM signs on.

• 1978

  Station expands agricultural programming with 11 daily market reports and summaries.

• 1987

  KJSK AM is authorized 66 watts for unlimited night time operation.

• 1989

  Sunday All Star Polka Show hosted by Mark Vyhlidal begins a long run on the station.

• 1990

  November, 1990- License is assigned to Roger P. Anderson, George’s son for $101,500.

• 1992

  KJSK is sold to Heartland Broadcasting, Inc. (Timothy R. McMahon, Daniel Gardner) for $850,000, including KJSK FM.

• 1994

  Format is modified to News-Talk emphasis while keeping religious and polka programming.

• 2001

  KJSK AM and its FM is sold to Three Eagles Communications (Gary Buchanan, Rolland Johnson, CEO) for $2.7 million.  (Three Eagles owns 35 other stations at that time, including a station cluster in Lincoln, NE.)  Studios move to 1418 25th Street in Columbus joining now co-owned KTTT.

• 2014

  Digity (Dean Goodman CEO) acquires Three Eagles in a 48-station deal for $66.5 million.

• 2016

  February, 2016- Digity is acquired by Alpha Media (Larry Wilson, Chairman) in a $264 million package.