WKXJ (103.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Walden, Tennessee, United States, and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area. The station operates a Top 40 (CHR) music format and is branded as "103.7 KISS FM." It is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located on Old Lee Road in Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Red Bank.
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| Broadcast area | Chattanooga metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 103.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 103.7 KISS FM |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Subchannels | HD2: Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 23, 1964[1] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Kiss FM" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 14735 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 89 meters (292 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°07′34″N 85°17′24″W / 35.126°N 85.290°W |
| Translator(s) | HD2: 99.9 W260AJ (Ringgold, Georgia) HD2: 104.7 W284AE (Chattanooga) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
Station history
editThe 103.7 frequency is a newly assigned signal to the area, where it relocated from McMinnville, Tennessee and had been at 103.9 MHz, where its previous format was Country, now relocated to sister station WTRZ. But before WTRZ played country music as "Hot Country 103.7," the station, known as "Z-104" during the mid-1980s to early 1990s, was a mix of Adult contemporary, AOR, and CHR. As WBMC in the early 1980s aired an adult contemporary format. The move to Chattanooga had been in the works since 2003. In a statement from the online website The Chattanoogan on June 18, 2008, Clear Channel VP/Market Manager Mark Bass said, "This is going to be a carefully researched radio station that reaches a huge number of listeners in the Chattanooga area with a unique format that is not in this market anywhere, and something new and unique to the country, we're taking it first step forward."[3]
On June 23, 2008, after playing a ticking clock for a few minutes, the station flipped to a Disco format branded as "Boogie 103.7".[4] However, a few weeks later, the disco music was replaced with clips of The Rick and Bubba Show played around the clock. On August 29, 2008, the station flipped to an Adult Contemporary format branded as "103.7 The River," featuring "Delilah" at night.[5] However, after a year in the format, Clear Channel decided to bring the KISS-FM brand back to Chattanooga for the first time in 2 years, which was previously used at sister station WLND.
On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WKXJ, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, would be sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc) due to that company's merger with CBS Radio.[6] The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.[7]
On January 22, 2021, WKXJ replaced Elvis Duran & The Morning Show with The Bert Show.
References
edit- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-508. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKXJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ From The Chattanoogan (June 18, 2008)
- ^ "WKZP Dances Out Of The Box". All Access.
- ^ "WKZP Flips To WURV '103.7 The River'". All Access.
- ^ "Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs to iHeartMedia for Richmond & Chattanooga". November 2017.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
External links
edit- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 14735 (WKXJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKXJ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database