WOKZ (FM)

WOKZ
City Fairfield, Illinois
Branding Real Country 105.9
Frequency 105.9 FM (MHz)
First air date September 1996[1]
Format Country Music
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters
Class A
Facility ID 71164
Owner The Original Company, Inc.
Sister stations WFIW, WFIW-FM
Website WOKZ's website

WOKZ 105.9 FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Fairfield, Illinois, the station is owned by The Original Company, Inc..[2]

History

The station began broadcasting in September 1996, airing a country music format.[1][3][4] The station was originally owned by David Land's Wayne County Broadcasting Co.[4][5] In 2012, Land sold WOKZ, along with WFIW and WFIW-FM, to The Original Company for $962,766.67.[5][6]

The call letters WOKZ-FM were previously assigned to a station in Alton, Illinois; it began broadcasting in 1948 on 99.9 MHz.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Station History". WFIW. Archived from the original on February 6, 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ WOKZ fcc.gov. Accessed September 29, 2012
  3. ↑ "Format Changes", The M-Street Journal. Vol. 13 No. 38. September 18, 1996. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997, Broadcasting & Cable, 1997. p. B-135. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Seller retains ties to Illinois radio trio", Radio & Television Business Report, May 24, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Asset Purchase Agreement, fcc.gov. April 30, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "WOKZ-FM Alton, 99.9 mc Is Now in Operation" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 28, 1948. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

Coordinates: 38°22′46″N 88°19′33″W / 38.3794921°N 88.3258782°W / 38.3794921; -88.3258782


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.