WKOS
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| Broadcast area | Tri-Cities, Tennessee |
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| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Branding | 104.9 Nash Icon |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1979 (as WGAT-FM) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | cite |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67674 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,750 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1049nashicon.com |
WKOS (104.9 FM), branded as "104.9 Nash Icon", is a radio station serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, area with country music. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
History
[edit]This station was assigned the call sign WGAT-FM on March 13, 1979. It changed calls to WZXY on October 14, 1981, and changed to its current callsign on July 1, 1991.[1] In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an album-oriented rock station branded "Y105". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed its to CHR/Top 40. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s, the format was oldies under its new callsign WKOS,[3][citation needed] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
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On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9".[4] On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "Nash FM 104.9".[5] On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon".[6]
Sports coverage
[edit]In 2007, the East Tennessee State University men's basketball Team moved its games from WJCW to WKOS. This marked the first time the team was heard on FM radio. This has since been moved to AM 640 WXSM, a sister station.[7]
Pirate radio station "WKOS" in Maine
[edit]In 1967, the phone hacker Captain Crunch created a radio station called WKOS [W-"chaos"], a pirate station in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, but had to shut it down when a licensed radio station, WDME, objected.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Call Sign History". Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ^ Great Country Comes To Kingsport
- ^ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues
- ^ WKOS Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon
- ^ ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
External links
[edit]- WKOS official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 67674 (WKOS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKOS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- A commercial for WZXY ("Y-105") from 1982
- One of the commercials for WZXY, as a Top 40 station