WKXC-FM

Aiken, South Carolina
Broadcast area	Augusta metropolitan area
Frequency	99.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Kicks 99
Programming
Format	Country
Subchannels	HD2: Nutune Country (Country)
Ownership
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WCHZ-FM, WDRR, WGAC, WGAC-FM, WGUS-FM
History
First air date	August 1966 (as WAKN-FM at 99.3)
Former call signs	WAKN-FM (1966-1974) WNEZ (1974-1988)
Former frequencies	99.3 MHz (1966-1988)
Call sign meaning	Kicks (the station's moniker)
Technical information
Facility ID	24147
Class	C2
ERP	24,000 watts
HAAT	217 meters (712 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	kicks99.com

WKXC-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Aiken, South Carolina, and serving the Augusta metropolitan area. The station carries a country music radio format and is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group. The radio studios and offices are on Jimmie Dyess Parkway in Augusta.

WKXC-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 24,000 watts. The transmitter is off Jacob McKee Road in Trenton, South Carolina.^[1]

History

In August 1966, the station signed on as WAKN-FM. It broadcast on 99.3 MHz and was powered at only 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. At first it simulcast its sister station, WAKN (990 AM, now dark). The two stations played Top 40 music.

In 1974, WAKN-FM changed call sign to WNEZ ("Nice and Easy") with a beautiful music and easy listening format. Through much of the 1970s and 80s, it played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs as well as Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. Over time, the audience for easy listening music began to age and was less attractive to advertisers.

In the summer of 1988, it changed to Country music as WKXC-FM under the "Kicks 99.5" moniker.