WDKS

WDKS
City Newburgh, Indiana
Broadcast area Evansville, Indiana
Branding KISS-FM 106.1
Slogan All The Hits
Frequency 106.1 (MHz)(also on HD Radio)
First air date November 1, 1990
Format Top 40 Mainstream
ERP 6,000 watts
Class A
Callsign meaning InDiana KisS
Owner Townsquare Media[1]
(Townsquare Media of Evansville/Owensboro, Inc.)
Webcast Listen Live
Website Station web site

WDKS (106.1 KISS FM) is a Class A radio station at 106.1 FM licensed to Newburgh, Indiana and serving Evansville, Indiana. They are owned by Townsquare Media, which acquired the station from Clear Channel Communications in 2003.

WDKS broadcasts in HD.[2]

History

WDKS first signed on the air on November 1, 1990 as WEKX and later changed call letters to WSYZ in 1991 and WJPS in 1992. Originally an FM Talk station, they eventually switched to an Adult Top 40 format with the call letters WDKS in 1997.

Under the ownership of then-parent Clear Channel, WDKS switched formats to Top 40 Mainstream and was rebranded as 106.1 Kiss FM, "All of Today's Best Music," in 2001, putting them in direct competition with the more established rival WSTO. After Clear Channel spun WDKS and its sister stations to Regent Communications (now Townsquare Media) in 2003, Regent retained WDKS's format and the "KISS-FM" trademark.

On February 12, 2007, WDKS' musical direction initially leaned more Rhythmic, but after a month into the new direction the Pop/Rock product once again showed up on the station, only to once again move back toward a Rhythmic direction the following August. The shift to Rhythmic resulted in WDKS filling this format void in Evansville. But by March 2008, WDKS returned to a Top 40/CHR direction. The station added Kidd Kraddick's morning show in May 2008. In 2012 the Kidd Kraddick morning show was dropped, and now The Robs Radio Show with Kat Mykals runs every morning from 6-10AM.

Notable personalities on KISS include, The Rob, Kat Mykals, Chandelle, Ryan O' Bryan, Melissa Awesome, and Nino InCognito.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.townsquaremedia.com/local-media/brands?state=indiana
  2. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=420&utm_source=Station%2BGuide%2BIncludes&utm_term=&utm_medium=Widget&utm_campaign=Station%2BGuides HD Radio Guide for Evansville, IN

Coordinates: 37°52′57″N 87°32′28″W / 37.88250°N 87.54111°W / 37.88250; -87.54111

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.