WKCI-FM

WKCI-FM (101.3 MHz, "KC101") is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it serves the New Haven and Bridgeport areas. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

WKCI-FM
CityHamden, Connecticut
Broadcast areaNew Haven/Bridgeport, Connecticut
BrandingKC101
HD2: 100.9 The Beat
SloganConnecticut's #1 Hit Music Station
HD2: New Haven's Hip Hop & R&B
Frequency101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Translator(s)100.9 W265DB (Millbrook, relays HD2)
First air dateFebruary 10, 1969
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
HD2: Mainstream Urban
HD3: WELI simulcast
ERP12,000 watts
HAAT279 meters (915 ft)
ClassB
Facility ID11930
Transmitter coordinates41.434°N 72.945°W / 41.434; -72.945
Former call signsWKCI (Oct. 1966-Feb. 1980)
WKCI-FM (Feb.-Dec. 1980)
WKCI (Dec. 1980-Nov. 2001)
AffiliationsPremium Choice
iHeartRadio
OwneriHeartMedia, Inc.
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stationsWELI, WAVZ
WebcastListen Live
HD2: Listen Live
Websitekc101.iheart.com
HD2: thebeatnewhaven.iheart.com

The studios are located in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden. It shares facilities with sister stations WELI and WAVZ. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting with 12,000 watts[1] from a 915-foot tower (The equivalent of 50,000 watts at 500 feet).[2] The transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the Channel 8 WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to this tower in 2003).[3]

Throughout the 1980s, WKCI is an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top-40 Countdown. WKCI-FM began broadcasts in HD Radio in December 2004.[4] Its HD2 signal airs a mainstream urban format, providing a second option to WZMX, and is simulcast on FM translator W265DB at 100.9 MHz, known as "100.9 The Beat."[5] 100.9 The Beat signed on the air at 12:00 a.m. on June 23, 2015. The HD-3 signal simulcasts sister station 960 AM WELI, which airs a talk radio format. iHeartMedia, Inc.. also owns a talk station in Waynesboro, Virginia which shares the call sign WKCI at AM 970.

Translators
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassFCC info
W265DB100.9 MHzMilbrook, Connecticut13989725055 m (180 ft)DFCC

References
  1. "WKCI-FM : Call Sign History". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. "Antenna Structure Registration 1216288". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  3. "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. radioinsight.com (June 23, 2015)
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