| KNCJ | |
| City: | Reno, Nevada |
| Area: | Northern Nevada |
| Branding: | KNCJ, Nevada Classical and Jazz |
| Frequency: | 89.5 MHz |
| Format: | Classical Music - Jazz |
| Erp: | 1,600 watts |
| Haat: | 142 meters (466 ft) |
| Class: | A |
| Facility Id: | 78489 |
| Coordinates: | 39.2594°N -119.7044°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | Nevada Classical and Jazz |
| Former Callsigns: | KJIV (2007–2015, CP) |
| Affiliations: | National Public Radio American Public Media Public Radio Exchange Classical 24 |
| Owner: | University of Nevada, Reno |
| Licensee: | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education |
| Sister Stations: | KUNR |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | kncj.org |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KNCJ (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Reno, Nevada. Owned and operated by the University of Nevada, Reno, it plays classical music during the week with jazz on weekend evenings. KNCJ is co-owned with NPR member station 88.7 KUNR. Their studios and offices are on North Virginia Street in Reno, on the university campus.
KNCJ is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power of 1,600 watts. The transmitter is off McGuffey Road in Sun Valley, Nevada.Radio-Locator.com/KNCJ Programming is also heard on 65-watt FM translator K201FV at 88.1 MHz in Truckee, California.Radio-Locator.com/K201FV
On weekdays, KNCJ carries Classical 24, an all-classical music network from American Public Media (APM) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). News updates are supplied at the beginning of some hours from NPR and the KUNR newsroom. Weeknights include broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Metropolitan Opera is heard, in season, on Saturday mornings.
On weekend evenings, KNCJ turns to jazz. It has its own four-hour jazz show each week, Saturday Night Jazz, hosted by northern Nevada residents Dallas Smith and Scot Marshall. It also carries Jazz After Hours from PRX, heard overnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Like many NPR station in the early 2000s, 89.7 KUNR broadcast a mix news, talk and information on weekdays, with classical music nights and weekends. Some listeners wanted an all-information station and some wanted classical music throughout the day. To satisfy both audiences, KUNR management decided to put its music programming on another station and devote KUNR to a full time news and information format.
In nearby Truckee, California, Truckee Meadows Community College had planned to put a college radio station on the air. It received a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission in 2007. It was given the call sign KJIV. But before the station was built, the school decided in 2015 to sell its construction permit to KUNR to become its sister station.
KNCJ signed on the air on .[1] It became the station in Reno for classical music, mostly supplied by Classical 24. On weekend nights, it carries jazz programming, mostly from the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).