KHJY (FM)

KHJY (91.3 MHz) is a FM radio station licensed to and serving the. The station is currently owned by. KHJY's studios are located in the on Genessee Street in Kansas City, and its transmitter is located in Kansas City's Brown Estates section.

History
KHJY first signed-on in mid-October 1984 as KKRK with the branding of "91.3 K-Rock". The first song on the station was "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister (from the album Stay Hungry, which had been released in May of that same year).

In 1999, the station was purchased by. In 2005, radio veteran Andrew Diaconu was hired as the station's program director. Originally, Clear Channel had the idea of having KKRK dropping rock for a Spanish-language format (as Clear Channel had instituted an ambitious initiative to introduce more Spanish-language programming into various markets across the country) due to KKRK faltering in the ratings in comparison to the dominant, however Diaconu suggested creating a "west of the Mississippi" equivalent to his former station, of. Clear Channel chose to take Diaconu's suggestion as a last-ditch effort to improve the station's ratings.

On June 20, 2005, KKRK began stunting with a loop of "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush (WHJY's first song when it became a rock station in 1981), along with liners that KKRK's rock format would soon be "brought to you by the letters H, J, and Y." On June 22, the station's callsign was changed to KHJY. On June 23 at 3:00 p.m., the station stopped stunting, and then a pre-recorded station identification was played followed by a short introduction of the new 91HJY branding by new DJ "Dr." Dylan Sabrosa (who, much like new PD Andrew Diaconu, was a WHJY transplant), and the announcement of the new station name: "Kansas City, welcome to... 91HJY. The New Home of Rock & Roll." The first song aired under the "91HJY" branding was the Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right". As part of the launch of 91HJY, the station had a initial playlist of 10,005 songs played commercial-free. KHJY also hired former DJ Ricky Riggs.

Following the rebrand to "91HJY", KHJY's ratings improved, with the station often receiving higher Arbitron listenership ratings than the other rock stations in the Kansas City area, including KQRC-FM.

Rockabazooka Fest
In 2007, 91HJY hosted the first ever 91HJY Rockabazooka Fest at in. The success led to Rockabazooka being staged again in 2008 at, and becoming an annual event starting with the 2009 edition at it's current home of the.