Broadcast area | Lexington Metro area |
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Frequency | 100.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 100.1 WKQQ |
Programming | |
Format | Rock |
Subchannels | HD2: Blues |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WBUL-FM, WLAP, WLKT, WMXL, WWTF | |
History | |
First air date | October 2, 1974 |
Former call signs | WKDJ (1974-1981) WFMI (1981-1989) WLFX (1989-1992) WHRS-FM (1992-1993) WWYC (1993-1998)[1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 68206 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 20,000 watts |
HAAT | 194 meters (636 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°07′24″N 84°26′37″W / 38.12333°N 84.44361°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live HD2: Listen Live |
Website | wkqq.iheart.com |
WKQQ (100.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Winchester, Kentucky. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, who determines its programming in New York using automation, and non-local talent. It airs a rock format.[2]
The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since February 4, 1998.[1]
WKDJ began broadcasting from Winchester on October 2, 1974.[3] It was originally owned by Clark Communications Company, a business of David Greenlee.[4]
WKDJ left the air in December 1980. Its country music format was replaced in late February by WFMI, owned by the Cromwell Group and featuring Top 40 music.[5][6] WFMI and WHRS (1380 AM) were then sold to Premier Broadcast Corporation of Albany, New York, in 1988.[7] Coinciding with an impending power increase from 3,000 to 50,000 watts, switched to classic rock in February 1989 and rebranded as WLFX "Fox 100".[8]
Premier placed itself in receivership in 1991. Hancock Communications of Nashville acquired the pair the next year with plans to sell both facilities to other companies: while buyers were lined up for both stations, WLFX began simulcasting WHRS and its new soft adult contemporary format.[9] As a result of the sale action, the 100.1 station changed hands in rapid succession, being purchased by Trumper Communications in 1993. Trumper relocated the transmitter facility to Lexington,[10] and upon taking over, the format was changed to country as "Young Country" WWYC, competing with market leader WVLK-FM.[11]
Trumper Communications's three-station Lexington cluster was acquired by Jacor in 1996.[12]
In 1998, Jacor effectuated a format swap between two of its stations. The country music format on WWYC was moved to 98.1, where it was relaunched as WBUL-FM "The Bull", while WKQQ's call sign and programming moved to 100.1 MHz.[13]