 KJMJ has been on the air as the US flagship station of Radio Maria since May 2000.Originally, the 580 frequency was home to KALB-AM, sister station to KALB-TV channel 5.Radio Maria was founded at first with humble beginnings as a small parish-operated station in Erba (province of Como,) Italy in 1983 before its subsequent international growth in the 1990s which gave birth to the World Family in 1998.