KXJJ (1570 AM) is “La Jota Mexicana,” a regional Mexican station licensed to Loveland, and it’s Loveland’s original AM station, KLOV. If you’ve lived in Loveland a while, you may have heard this frequency under half a dozen names.
History
KLOV signed on June 10, 1955, and kept those call letters for 43 years. Its FM sister was KLOV-FM 102.5.
It became KHPN on August 3, 1998, and KSXT on November 27, 2002. In August 2007, it went sports talk through a deal with Mile High Sports. After more than a month off the air, it started carrying Catholic Radio Network programming on September 23, 2008, and became KPIO that October. In November 2011, the FCC fined it $4,000 over its nighttime power, and the FCC turned down the appeal on June 10, 2015.
The station then changed hands and names quickly: KKCL in July 2015, sold to Kona Coast Radio for $80,000 that December, KBUD in January 2016 and KVAM that April. A new owner bought it in 2018, switched it to regional Mexican and changed the call letters to KXJJ on March 29, 2021.
Call sign timeline
- KLOV: 1955 to 1998
- KHPN: 1998 to 2002
- KSXT: 2002 to 2008
- KPIO: 2008 to 2015
- KKCL: 2015 to 2016
- KBUD: 2016
- KVAM: 2016 to 2021
- KXJJ: 2021 to present
The signal
- 1570 kHz AM, licensed to Loveland, Colorado
- Branding: La Jota Mexicana
- FCC facility ID 35517
Sources
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FROM THE TIMELINE
Moments in KXJJ-AM History
KLOV becomes KHPN
KLOV becomes KHPN: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KLOV to KHPN on August 3, 1998.
KHPN becomes KSXT
KHPN becomes KSXT: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KHPN to KSXT on November 27, 2002.
KSXT becomes KPIO
KSXT becomes KPIO: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KSXT to KPIO on October 8, 2008.
FCC fines Loveland’s KPIO for running too much power at night
November 2011 — The FCC fined Loveland's KPIO 1570 (the old KLOV, now KXJJ) $4,000, with reports that it had been running nearly 15 times its licensed nighttime power. The FCC turned down the station's appeal on June 10, 2015.
KPIO becomes KKCL
KPIO becomes KKCL: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KPIO to KKCL on July 1, 2015.
KKCL becomes KBUD
KKCL becomes KBUD: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KKCL to KBUD on January 13, 2016.
KBUD becomes KVAM
KBUD becomes KVAM: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KBUD to KVAM on April 11, 2016.
KVAM becomes KXJJ
KVAM becomes KXJJ: the 1570 AM station in Loveland changed its call letters from KVAM to KXJJ on March 29, 2021.
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