KJAX

KJAX
Jackson, Wyoming;
Broadcast area	Jackson Hole
Frequency	93.5 MHz
Branding	KJAX Country 93.5
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	CBS News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Scott Anderson; (Jackson Hole Radio, LLC);
Sister stations	KMTN, KSGT, KZJH
History
First air date	2000
Former call signs	KBHJ (1998–2000)
Former frequencies	93.3 MHz (2000–2013)
Call sign meaning	Jackson, Wyoming
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	82088
Class	C1
ERP	90,000 watts
HAAT	315 meters (1,033 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°27′40″N 110°45′9″W / 43.46111°N 110.75250°W
Translator(s)	104.1 K281BH (Driggs, Idaho)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official Website

KJAX (93.5 FM, "KJAX Country 93.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Jackson, Wyoming, United States, the station is currently owned by longtime manager Scott Anderson, through licensee Jackson Hole Radio, LLC, and features local news programming and national news from CBS News.^[2]

History

The station was assigned the KBHJ call letters on July 17, 1998. On May 26, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current KJAX.^[3] The studios for the station were located at the corner of Wyoming Highway 22, and U.S. Route 89.^[4]

On January 31, 2013, KJAX moved from 93.3 FM to 93.5 FM.

Ownership

Chaparral Broadcasting sold KJAX and seven other stations to Rich Broadcasting for $3.7 million; the transaction was consummated on April 1, 2013.^[5] Under Rich Broadcasting, KJAX and its sister FM stations were threatened to be shut off for a period of time due to a tower dispute with American Tower. The station was renting space on a tower, and was behind $500,000.^[6] Rich Broadcasting's issues with American Tower began to involve United States Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah, and John Barrasso of Wyoming.^[7]

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge in Utah ruled that American Tower could not turn off the radio stations unless a deal was reached.^[8]

Rich Broadcasting sold KJAX, three other stations, and four translators to Scott Anderson's Jackson Hold Radio, LLC effective March 16, 2020.^[9]

Anderson had managed the stations since 1990 and hosted on air shifts on KMTN while also covering local news.

Anderson, who also has served as the chairperson of the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, was an elected Jackson, Wyoming town councilperson between 1992 and 2006.