WWKS

WWKS
Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands;
Frequency	96.1 FM (MHz)
Branding	Kiss 96.1
Programming
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Ackley Media Group; (GARK LLC);
Sister stations	WVJZ, WIVI, WVWI
History
First air date	May 17, 1988
Former call signs	WIVI (1988-2017)
Call sign meaning	Kiss
Technical information
Facility ID	57787
Class	B1
ERP	2,400 watts
HAAT	457 meters (1,500 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′33″N 64°58′18″W / 18.35917°N 64.97167°W
Links
Website	amg.vi

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]

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

File:WIVI-logo01.jpg

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

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