Jams?

So here the Grand Poopah was sitting in the drive-thru at Freddy’s waiting for my order and I thought, “Hmmm, I wonder if the Gateway Creative Broadcasting boys and girls have taken over KDHX yet”.   I punch up 88.1 expecting to hear Christian Country.  Or maybe even Christian Punk.  Maybe even Christian Polka.  But no!  What do I hear?  LL Cool J!  Huh?  is this the same group of broadcasters who have given us Christian CCM formats like “Joy 99.1” and “Boost 95.5”.  Then I heard the imaging   “The Rhythm of St. Louis, JAMS!”   What the hell?   OOOpps.  Sorry.  What the HECK!

It’s 80’s and 90s rap and disco, much of it remixed.  Heck, John Combest probably knows the lyrics to most of these songs.   I don’t get it.  No “Jars of Clay” or “Toby Mac”.   And I don’t think I heard “God” or “Jesus” once in the 30 minutes that I listened.  But I did notice something very subtle.  In the remixes I swear (sorry) I heard something way in the background of the mixes.

So I headed back to the studio and dialed up the old Marantz 2270 to 88.1 and cranked up the JBL 4311s.  Yes, I heard something way back in the mixes.  But I still couldn’t quite make out the words.  So I put on the trusty Sony MDR7506 cans and there it was.  Way back in the mix I could hear it.  “Let us Pray”.  Then “Jesus”.  Then “God”  Then “Send us some money”.   Now I get it!  Crafty!

If you don’t know the background in a bankruptcy auction (I still say it was a sham) Gateway Creative Broadcasting beat out EMF (AKA K Love and Air 1, the MEGA CCM broadcaster with a net worth of one BILLION dollars) for the KDHX license and transmitter site.   All it took was $8.75 MILLION.   That must make KRAP worth as least $2M (or maybe even $2K).

The new calls of KLJT were approved by the FCC on September 22nd, 2025.  And on Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 the FCC granted the assignment of the license from Double Helix (RIP) to Gateway Creative Broadcasting (just before the government shut down—Prayers answered?).

So, if this just a stunt?   How long will this format last?  I can’t quite figure out why anyone would pay $8.75 million to play 80 and 90’s disco and rap remixes.  But I do like it.  It reminds me of Majic 108 back in the day.  Maybe Linda O’Connor is behind this.   We can only hope!   .