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KKJZ (88.1 MHz FM band, "KJazz 88.1") is a non-commercial public radio station in Southern California. The station is the #1 full-time jazz and blues station in the United States
The California State University, Long Beach Research Foundation owns the non-commercial broadcast license for KKJZ; as a public radio station, it is funded by contributions from listener-members and other donors. Global Jazz, Inc. programs and manages the radio station, under the direction of the CSULB Research Foundation.
The station's antenna is located on the top of Signal Hill in the Long Beach area. KKJZ is also available through the internet on www.jazzandblues.org streaming audio and on the station's mobile apps.
KKJZ-HD2 is "The Bebop Channel".
KKJZ-HD3 is known as "22 West Radio", a station run and programmed by the students and faculty at California State University Long Beach.
The station had been broadcasting with 6,500 ERP, but in December 2004 the station upgraded its transmitter to 30,000 watts as well as an HD Radio digital radio. The station began broadcasting with 30,000 watts full-time on March 14, 2005.
The owner of KKJZ's non-commercial broadcast license, the California State University, Long Beach Research Foundation, has contracted with Global Jazz, Inc., to program and manage the station. This agreement became effective on April 21, 2007. Prior to that date the management and programming were performed by Pacific Public Radio, an organization created by the CSULB Foundation.
The Arbitron ratings in 2008 indicated KKJZ had the most listeners of all jazz stations in the United States and the fifth-highest number of listeners of public radio in the country.
On May 2, 2011, five time GRAMMY nominee pianist David Benoit made his debut as a morning host on the station.
KJAZZ is the official emergency broadcast station for the City of Long Beach.
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