WWKS

WWKS (96.1 FM, "Kiss 96") is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Gordon P. Ackley through GARK LLC. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary music format.[1]

For the Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands radio station that held the call sign WWKS at 101.3 FM from 1996 to 2017, see WIVI.
WWKS
CityCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
BrandingKiss 96.1
Frequency96.1 FM (MHz)
First air dateMay 17, 1988
FormatUrban Adult Contemporary
ERP2,400 watts
HAAT457 meters (1,500 feet)
ClassB1
Facility ID57787
Transmitter coordinates18°21′33″N 64°58′18″W
Call sign meaningKiss
Former call signsWIVI (1988-2017)
OwnerAckley Media Group
(GARK LLC)
Sister stationsWVJZ, WIVI, WVWI
Websiteamg.vi

Lonely Planet's 2001 guide to the Virgin Islands described this station as, "probably the most popular rock & roll station" in the USVI.[2]

Pirate Radio logo

The station was assigned the WIVI call sign by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on May 17, 1988.[3] The station had branded itself as "Pirate Radio" before a flip to the "Hitz 96" moniker on October 1, 2009 and again reverting to the "Pirate Radio" moniker in 2015.

The station swapped call signs and formats with its sister station WWKS on July 1, 2017.

Ownership

In May 2007, WIVI was sold by Rox Radio Enterprises Inc. (Jason Ackley, president, CEO) to Gordon P. Ackley. Rox Radio, 60% owned by Gordon Ackley, assigned WIVI to GARK LLC, which is 100% owned by Ackley, for a reported $300,000.[4]

References
  1. "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet. pp. 41. ISBN 0-86442-735-2.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. BIA Financial Networks (2007-05-14). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable.


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