WIKS
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City | New Bern, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area |
New Bern, North Carolina Greenville, North Carolina Jacksonville, North Carolina Kinston, North Carolina |
Branding | 101.9 Kiss FM |
Slogan | "#1 For Hip-Hop And R&B In The ENC!" |
Frequency | 101.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
Translator(s) |
95.7 W239BC (New Bern, relays HD2) 101.1 W266AV (Jacksonville, relays HD2) 105.9 W290CB (Winterville, relays HD2) |
First air date | January 17, 1979 |
Format |
Mainstream Urban HD2: Beach music (WNCT (AM) simulcast) |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 299 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 72389 |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′07.00″N 77°11′15.00″W / 35.2019444°N 77.1875000°W |
Callsign meaning | Variation of the branding "Kiss" |
Affiliations | The Steve Harvey Morning Show |
Owner |
Curtis Media Group Inc. (CMG Coastal Carolina, LLC) |
Sister stations | WMGV, WXNR, WSFL-FM, WNCT |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1019online.com |
WIKS is an Mainstream Urban formatted broadcast radio station licensed to New Bern, North Carolina.
WIKS carries the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
History
101.9 FM signed on in 1979 as WRBK K102. The station would evolve into an Urban Contemporary station, by 1986 would increase its power to 100,000 watts and become Kiss 102 with the WIKS call letters. WIKS would introduce Rap and Hip Hop in the 1990s and was a full Mainstream Urban station by 1998. In 1997 WIKS picked up competition from the 92.3 Frequency when WQSL would change into a Rhythmic Top 40 station as "The Beat of Carolina". WIKS would tweak its format to an Urban Adult Contemporary station in 2003.
This station was once WRBK K-102 and a sister station to WRNB. WIKS with its 100,000 watt signal can be reached from Wilmington to Roanoke Rapids.
On February 2, 2017, Beasley Media Group announced that it would sell its six stations and four translators in the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville market, including WIKS, to Curtis Media Group for $11 million to reduce the company's debt.[1] The sale was completed on May 1, 2017.[2]
References
- ↑ Layden, Laura (February 3, 2017). "Beasley to sell six stations in North Carolina for $11 million". Naples Daily News. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 3, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
External links
- WIKS Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WIKS
- Radio-Locator information on WIKS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIKS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W239BC
- Radio-Locator information on W239BC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W266AV
- Radio-Locator information on W266AV
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W290CB
- Radio-Locator information on W290CB