WKOS
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For the Ocala, Florida, United States radio station, see WOCA.
| City of license | Kingsport, Tennessee |
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| Broadcast area | Tri-Cities, Tennessee |
| Branding | Great Country 104.9 |
| Slogan | The 90s to Now |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1979 (as WGAT-FM) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 2,750 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 67674 |
| Former callsigns | WGAT-FM(1979-1981) WZXY (1981-1991)[1] |
| Owner | Cumulus Media |
| Sister stations | WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | greatcountry1049.com |
WKOS (104.9 FM), branded as "Great Country 104.9", is a radio station serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, area with country music. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
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History[edit]
This station was WGAT-FM Mar. 13, 1979, WZXY on Oct. 14, 1981, and changed to its current letters on July 1, 1991.[1]
In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an AOR station with the nickname "Y-105". Sometime in the mid to late 1980s, WZXY changed formats from AOR to Top 40. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s the format was oldies ("Good Times Great Oldies")[2] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
On February 24, 2012 WKOS changed their format to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9".
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. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67674&Callsign=WKOS, Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ^ Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ^ ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
External links[edit]
- WKOS official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKOS
- Radio-Locator information on WKOS
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WKOS
- A commercial for WZXY ("Y-105") from 1982
- One of the commercials for WZXY, as a Top 40 station
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