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WKSI-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency98.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingFM/HD1: Kiss 98-3
HD2: Classic Country 95-7
Programming
LanguageEnglish
FormatContemporary hit radio[1]
SubchannelsHD2: Classic Country 95-7 (classic country)[1]
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
August 28, 1967 (1967-08-28)[2]
Former call signs
  • WZFM (1967–1982)
  • WXVA-FM (1982–2003)
Call sign meaning
play on the word "Kiss"
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
26998
ClassA
ERP1,750 watts
HAAT188 meters (617 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°10′38.0″N 78°15′53.0″W / 39.177222°N 78.264722°W / 39.177222; -78.264722
TranslatorHD2: 95.7 W239BV (Winchester)
Links
Public license information
WebcastFM/HD1: Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
HD2: Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
WebsiteFM/HD1: kiss983.iheart.com
HD2: classiccountry957.iheart.com

WKSI-FM (98.3 MHz, "Kiss 98-3") is a contemporary hit radio formatted broadcast commercial FM radio station licensed to Stephens City, Virginia, serving the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.[1] WKSI-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia[4]

History

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The station signed on August 28, 1967, as WZFM, a local station serving Charles Town, West Virginia. The station was co-owned with WXVA (1550 AM) by Arthur W. Arundel, who at the time owned WAVA in Arlington and the Leesburg-based Loudoun Times-Mirror newspaper. WZFM simulcast WXVA's broadcasting day, which was Full Service with blocks of country music.[5]

The two stations were sold in 1970, to electrical engineer John P. Luce. The simulcast split around this time as the AM side was switched to Top 40 and the FM station went to full-time country.[6]

Luce sold to Heritage Broadcasting Corporation in September 1982.[7] Heritage changed the callsign to WXVA-FM after taking control. After an initial return to simulcasting 1550 AM (which had flipped to middle-of-the-road) immediately after the change, the station settled on light adult contemporary around 1986.[8]

In September 1993, another format change took place, this time to oldies.[9] Unusually for an FM station, Broadcasting Yearbook reported that it operated 19 hours a day – signing off between midnight and 5 a.m. A flip back to country as "Xtra Country 98" took place in January 1996.[10] The station remained in Charles Town, but was a rimshot to Winchester, regularly showing up in the ratings there despite competition from local country stalwart WUSQ-FM.[11]

Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) bought WXVA-FM from Heritage in 2000.[12] As it already owned WUSQ-FM, it sought to tap the larger Winchester market with a different format instead of competing with itself. On December 10, 2003, Clear Channel applied to move the transmitter to WUSQ-FM's site near Round Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, changing the city of license from Charles Town to Stephens City.[13] The station immediately began stunting as "Christmas 98.3" with Christmas music and spots advising listeners to tune to WUSQ-FM for country. The flip to CHR as "Kiss 98-3". WKSI-FM came on December 26, although the physical move was not completed until late 2004.[14][15]

HD2 subchannel

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On May 24, 2013, former owner Liberty University began the process of moving the station's transmitting tower, which hadn't been built at this point, to the same tower as Clear Channel station WKSI-FM.[16] At the time, the station was licensed as W242BG and was to broadcast on 96.3 FM.[16]

On August 2, 2013, Liberty University filed an application and an Asset Purchase Agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin the sale of W242BG to Clear Channel.[17] W242BG was sold for $5,000.00 in exchange for Liberty's use of "the HD3 channel of Station WUSQ-FM" for a "period of eight years from [the date of the] execution" of the sale.[18][19] Liberty would also be given the right to lease tower space on the WUSQ tower at no charge.[18][19]

On August 22, 2013, Clear Channel filed an application moving the station from 96.3 FM to 95.7 FM.[20] The callsign was changed on the same date.[21]

W239BV launched on August 22, 2013, and began airing a hot adult contemporary format, simulcasting the HD2 subchannel of WKSI-FM.[22] WKSI-HD2, and in turn W239BV, aired the "Today's Mix" format, one of Clear Channel's Premium Choice formats.[22]

On November 1, 2013, W239BV switched its format from hot adult contemporary to a seasonal all-Christmas music format, with the "Mix 95-7" branding remaining.[23] The station switched back to hot adult contemporary on December 26.

On December 26, 2020, at 12 Midnight, W239BV took over the classic country format, which had been abandoned by crosstown competitor WXBN ahead of sister-station WINC-FM's sale and format change, as "Classic Country 95-7".[24][25][26]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-571. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKSI-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "WKSI Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1968 (PDF). p. B-180.[dead link]
  6. ↑ Staff (July 6, 1970). "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. p. 29.
  7. ↑ Staff (September 27, 1982). "Actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. p. 101.
  8. ↑ Broadcasting-Cablecasting Yearbook 1986 (PDF). p. B-308.[dead link]
  9. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 (PDF). p. B-447.[dead link]
  10. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997 (PDF). p. B-486.[dead link]
  11. ↑ Corbin, Robert (October 24, 2003). "Winchester to get new radio station". VARTV.
  12. ↑ Staff (December 11, 2000). "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 48.
  13. ↑ "WKSI-FM Facility Record". FCCData.
  14. ↑ Hughes, Dave (December 26, 2003). "Shenandoah Valley Gets Kissed". DCRTV.
  15. ↑ Hughes, Dave (September 1, 2004). "New City for WKSI". DCRTV.
  16. 1 2 "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station". Federal Communications Commission. March 27, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Application for Transfer of Control of a Coroperate License or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station". Federal Communications Commission. March 24, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  18. 1 2 "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission. May 24, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  19. 1 2 Venta, Lance (May 28, 2013). "Clear Channel Swaps HD3 For Translator". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station License". Federal Communications Commission. August 6, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  22. 1 2 "CCM&E Premium Choice Hot AC..." Robert F. Corbin via Twitter. August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  23. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2013). "Christmas Comes Early Across America". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  24. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 26, 2020). "Classic Country 95.7 Debuts In Winchester". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  25. ↑ Venta, Lance (October 8, 2020). "Educational Media Foundation Acquires WINC-FM". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  26. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2020). "WINC-FM Begins Frequency Move Ahead Of EMF Sale". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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