Friday marked the official launch of KJEM 89.9, which is Northwest Public Radio's first Jazz station. Even though it's under the NWPR banner, KJEM will officially be a student-run station. Also, it looks like the call letters were specifically chosen to honor J. Elroy McCaw.
For more details, see the pre- and post-launch press releases (at http://news.wsu.edu/2013/10/29/murrow-college-to-launch-jazz-radio-station and http://news.wsu.edu/2013/11/01/wsus-murrow-college-launches-new-jazz-station-89-9-kjem, respectively)--plus a related NWPR story (at http://nwpr.org/post/nwpr-launches-jazz-station).
For more details, see the pre- and post-launch press releases (at http://news.wsu.edu/2013/10/29/murrow-college-to-launch-jazz-radio-station and http://news.wsu.edu/2013/11/01/wsus-murrow-college-launches-new-jazz-station-89-9-kjem, respectively)--plus a related NWPR story (at http://nwpr.org/post/nwpr-launches-jazz-station).