KWJJ-FM

KWJJ-FM

Portland, Oregon
Broadcast area	Portland metropolitan area
Frequency	99.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	99.5 The Wolf
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Country
Subchannels	HD2: Sports radio (KFXX) HD3: Sports radio (KMTT)
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	KFXX KGON KMTT KNRK KRSK KYCH-FM[1]
History
First air date	September 16, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-09-16)
Former call signs	KJIB (1968–85)
Call sign meaning	Wilbur J. Jerman, founder of the original KWJJ, now KFXX
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	13738
Class	C1
ERP	52,000 watts
HAAT	386 meters (1,266 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°29′20″N 122°41′40″W / 45.48889°N 122.69444°W / 45.48889; -122.69444
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/thewolfonline

KWJJ-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Portland, Oregon. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a country music radio format.^[3] The studio is on SW Bancroft Street, near downtown Portland.^[4] The station transmitter is atop Portland's West Hills, off SW Fairmount Court.^[5]

The station signed on the air on September 16, 1968, as KJIB.^[6] It was a stand-alone FM station, not attached to an AM station. KJIB was owned by Contemporary FM, Inc., with Bernard D. Seitz serving as owner and general manager. It aired a beautiful music format featuring mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs along with Broadway and Hollywood showtunes. The call sign referred to "jib," a sail used on sail boats.

In 1974, KJIB was acquired by Park Communications, which owned other easy listening stations around the country.^[7] A year earlier, Park bought KWJJ (AM 1080), a longtime Portland country music station. For the first years of Park ownership, KJIB remained easy listening and KWJJ remained country.

In the late 1970s, Park moved KJIB from mainstream easy listening to a new format known as "Beautiful Country."^[8] The sound was soft, but used instrumental cover versions of country songs, rather than pop songs.

KJIB switched to a conventional country format in the early 1980s. The FM station played mostly contemporary country hits with only a small amount of DJ chatter, while the AM station continued as a personality-oriented country outlet, going back several decades for its playlist of country tunes. On August 19, 1985, KJIB changed its call sign to the current KWJJ-FM. The two stations simulcast the morning show and some other segments during the day. In 1995, KWJJ became a network affiliate for ABC's Real Country, a classic country service.^[9]

In 1996, Seattle-based Fisher Communications bought KWJJ-AM-FM for $35 million.^[10] Fisher continued the mainstream country format on KWJJ-FM and briefly continued the classic country format on KWJJ (AM). The following year, KWJJ (AM) became hot talk KOTK.

In 2003, Fisher Communications sold KOTK and KWJJ-FM to Entercom for $44 million.^[11] Entercom changed KOTK to all-sports as KFXX. KWJJ-FM continued as a country outlet. On January 6, 2004, KWJJ-FM rebranded as "99.5 The Wolf."

KWJJ uses the "Reelworld One Country" jingles package and imaging service after dropping the "IQ Beats" custom package in 2009. Sweepers are done by Emily Mcintosh and Jack Murphy. This is Mcintosh's tenth country client and her fifth "Wolf" station to do sweepers and custom liners.

KWJJ broadcasts in the HD Radio format. The station carries two co-owned sports radio stations on its subchannels; KWJJ-FMHD2 airs a simulcast of KFXX, known as "The Fan." On October 26, 2015, KWJJ-FMHD3 launched with a simulcast of KMTT, known as "910 ESPN Portland."

• List of radio stations in Washington (state)

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 13738 (KWJJ-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KWJJ-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database