KJOC

KJOC refers to the following:

KJOC (FM)

KJOC is a radio station licensed to Bettendorf, Iowa, whose format is sports. The station's frequency is 93.5 MHz, and broadcasts at a power of 6 kW. The transmitter for KJOC is located on 205th Street in rural LeClaire in Scott County.

As KBQC

The station signed on the air as KBQC-FM (call letters stood for: "Bettendorf-Quad Cities" on July 4, 1984 broadcasting live from a bandshell in Middle Park, during the "Old Fashioned 4th of July" event staged by the city of Bettendorf. For several weeks prior to going "live", the station had broadcast The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun", continuously, as a teaser to the slogan of the station, "B-93, Where it's Always 93 and Sunny."

KBQC was Bettendorf's first licensed commercial radio station, and was built off an FCC construction permit issued in May 1983, after a contentious application process by several proposed owner/operators.

The prevailing party was Stromquist Broadcast Services, owned by Peter Stromquist, of Edina, Minnesota.

Mr. Stromquist and his first hired employee, Barry Martin, originally from Joplin, MO, and later known as "Martin in the Morning," oversaw construction from the ground up, of the transmitting facilities in LeClaire, Iowa, and of the new studios and offices on State Street in downtown Bettendorf, located adjacent to Omeara's Pub.

KBOB (AM)

KBOB is a radio station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, and airs a classic country format. The station's frequency is 1170 kHz, and broadcasts at a power of 1 kW. Its transmitters are located near Coyne Center, Illinois.

KBOB is owned by Townsquare Media, with studios located at 1229 Brady Street in Davenport, Iowa (along with the co-located KJOC, WXLP, KBEA-FM and KQCS).

History of 1170 kHz

For Quad Cities-area baby boomers, the Davenport allocation for 1170 kHz represented good times and the best rock 'n' roll music in the area.

The station signed on in July 1946 as KSTT, but it wasn't until the mid-1950s—when it began playing the then-new Top 40/contemporary hit radio genre—that the station really took off in popularity. Disc jockeys made liberal use of listener requests and call-in contests. If there was a live broadcast or news happening in the Quad Cities, listeners were sure to spot the "Big Red" mobile news cruiser. KSTT also polled listeners on their favorite current songs, which disc jockeys then presented in a weekly countdown program. Quad-City area servicemen in Vietnam had tapes of KSTT programming sent to them.