(The Hmong are an ethnic group originally from parts of Laos, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand.)

The highly engineered, multiple tower facility operated with 500 watts as a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset.

Early broadcasters include Ron Reynolds, Rick Cimino, Mike Cleary, and Rich Dixon.

Many of the current religious programs on KJAY have been on 1430 AM for decades, such as "From the Throne of God" with Pastor Elsie Horton; St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Ephraim Williams; St. John's Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Darryl B. Heath; Shiloh Baptist Church with Pastor Anthony Sadler, Sr.[6] Around 2000, KJAY began airing Hmong and Russian programs Monday through Saturday.

In 2017, the FCC granted a license for a 240-watt Class D FM translator, transmitting from the same location as the AM signal.