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'''KHJK''' (103.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a non-[[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]], [[city of license|licensed]] to [[LaPorte, Texas]] and serving both [[Greater Houston]] and the [[Golden Triangle (Texas)|Golden Triangle]] ([[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]]-[[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]]-[[Orange, Texas|Orange]]). It is owned by the [[Educational Media Foundation]] (EMF). KHJK relays EMF's nationally [[radio syndication|syndicated]] "[[Air1]]" [[radio format]] featuring [[contemporary worship music|Christian worship music]]. Air1 holds periodic [[fundraiser]]s on the air to support the broadcasts.
 
KHJK has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s, the highest permitted for non-[[grandfather clause|grandfathered]] FM stations. The [[transmitter]] is off Route 1410 in [[Devers, Texas]], about halfway between Houston and Beaumont.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/info/KHJK-FM?loc=29.76290%2C,-95.38317&locn=Houston%2C%20Texas,+Texas|title=KHJK-FM 103.7 MHz Radio-Locator La Porte, TX|website=radio-locator.com/KHJK]}}</ref> KHJK also rebroadcasts its programming on [[FM translator]] station 95.3 K237FS in [[Conroe, Texas]].<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/info/K237FS-FX|title=K237FS-FM 95.3 MHz Radio-Locator Conroe, TX|website=radio-locator.com/K237FS]}}</ref>
 
==Translator==
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===Jack FM===
On August 30, 2007, the [[Houston Chronicle]] reported that KIOL would be switching to the [[Jack FM]] format at 10:37&nbsp;a.m. the following day, and adopting new call letters, '''KHJK''' [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/5096189.html Jack FM to make Houston debut]. The final three songs on "Rock 103.7" were "[[Mary Jane's Last Dance]] by [[Tom Petty]], "[[Cold as Ice (Foreigner song)|Cold As Ice]]" by [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] (followed by a promo that "your world will change after this song" and to "tell everyone you know to listen"), and "[[Fire (Jimi Hendrix song)|Fire"]] by [[Jimi Hendrix]], while the first two songs on "Jack" were "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]]" and "[[Let's Go Crazy]]" by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].
 
===Move to Adult Album Alternative===
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===Cumulus Divestiture; Sale to EMF===
As part of a prepackaged bankruptcy filing, the lenders took over the license of four Cumulus Media Partners stations; two in the Kansas City metro area ([[KCHZ]] and [[KMJK]]) and the two rimshot signals in the Houston metro, KHJK and KFNC, in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1463983 | title=Application Search Details }}</ref> Station broker Larry Patrick became majority owner and set out to sell the stations to recover the value for the lenders. After the filing, Cumulus continued to program the stations under LMA. While Cumulus could have purchased the stations back, the highest bidder for KFNC was David Gow, owner of KGOW (1560 The Game) and the highest bidder for KHJK was Educational Media Foundation, who programs Christian AC and Christian Rock formats.<ref>httphttps://blogwww.chron.com/sportsmediasports/2012article/05/gowtv-communicationsradio-owner-ofnotebook-1560-amowner-to-purchase-espn-radio-affiiatebuy-97-5-fm3584396.php/</ref>
 
EMF switched the format of KHJK to [[Air 1]] at 5:00&nbsp;p.m. on July 17, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2012/07/1037-khjk-becomes-air-1.html | title=Air1 Houston | date=17 July 2012 }}</ref>
The last songs played on 103.7 FM were ''[[The Old Apartment]]'' by [[Barenaked Ladies]], ''[[Eyes Wide Open (Gotye song)|Eyes Wide Open]]'' by [[Gotye]], ''[[Mary Jane's Last Dance]]'' by [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], ''[[In The End]]'' by [[Linkin Park]], ''[[Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time]]'' by [[Semisonic]], and ''[[It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]]'' by [[R.E.M.]]<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjEdbIxbTs "|title=103.7 KHJK Houston's Adult Alternative - Last Moments and Flip to Air1" -YouTube]|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
 
Between ''In The End'' and ''Closing Time'', KHJK voiceover Mike McKay gave this goodbye message: