KXJZ (90.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station in Sacramento, California.
NPR programs on weekdays include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Here and Now and Marketplace.
At 9 a.m., Monday through Thursday, Insight with Vicki Gonzalez, a local interview and call-in show is heard.
Evenings and weekends feature specialty shows including Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, Code Switch, This American Life, Hidden Brain, Radio Lab, Latino USA, The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment and It's Been A Minute.
KXJZ and KXPR hold periodic on-air fund raisers to support the running of the stations.
[4] Sacramento State applied in 1967 to increase KERS's effective radiated power to 5,350 watts and move to 90.7 MHz.
[7] It had nearly doubled its output, being on air 95 hours a week; notable features included the telecast of all Sacramento State basketball games, home and away, as well as music recitals from the campus.
[9] KERS's most notable moment would come on April 30, 1971, when student reporter Rosemarie King broke a bombshell story on her newscast: that Governor Ronald Reagan had not paid any state income tax in 1970.
It also prompted a state tax board agent to interview King, hoping to learn more about the leak, but the journalist refused to divulge her source.
[17] Additionally, KERS suffered from budget constraints and community pressure related to its alternative programming.
[18] McClatchy-owned KAER (92.5 FM) had been playing classical music but wanted to switch to a more mass-appeal format.
[23] KXPR operated on reduced power for 30 days during 1986 after flooding put the transmitter building under four feet of water and damaged the equipment.
[23] The July 1, 1991, launch of KXJZ (88.9 FM) created a second station focused on jazz and freed up more time on KXPR for classical music.
[27] Both stations operate with the maximum 50,000 watts but the 90.9 frequency has a taller tower, which gives a bit more coverage to KXJZ's news and talk programming.
The switch was not possible without Capital Public Radio continuing to lease, and eventually acquire, KUOP from the University of the Pacific, as moving KXJZ to 90.9 required that station to maintain its news programming.