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Call letters of the black station in Beaumont circa 1957?

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Roxane

I've heard KJET was the African American station in the Fifties. Can anyone confirm or deny and provide the correct station? Tks.
 
It was indeed KJET at 1380 on the AM dial -- one of the most popular radio stations in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area in the late 50's and into the 60's. Very popular in the Black community with quite a few Anglo listeners as well.
 
KJET was on the air for quite a while. It was still on the air when I got to Beaumont in the late 1970s.
 
Hey Guys:

KJET 1380 started in either Dec 1954 or Jan 1955. Not sure which is right. I found this using the broadcasting yearbooks. Before that is was KPBX.

T.J.
 
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