WIKS

WIKS
City New Bern, North Carolina
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 (1979-01-17)
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 / 35.2019444; -77.1875000
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

  1. ↑ Layden, Laura (February 3, 2017). "Beasley to sell six stations in North Carolina for $11 million". Naples Daily News. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 3, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.


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