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WHKF
  • iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date
July 1965 (1965-07)
Former call signs
WSFM (1965–87)
WHIT (1987–88)
WIMX (1988–95)
WYMJ (1995)
WWKL-FM (1995–2001)
Call sign meaning
W Harrisburg's Kiss F M (former branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23464
ClassA
ERP1,350 watts
HAAT207 meters (679 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°11′30.3″N 76°52′3.9″W / 40.191750°N 76.867750°W / 40.191750; -76.867750 (WHKF)
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websitereal993.iheart.com

WHKF (99.3

mainstream urban
format.

History

The station first signed on the air in July 1965 by Hudson Broadcasting Corp. as WSFM. The studios and transmitter were co-located with WCMB on Poplar Church Road (40°15′45.10″N 76°54′37.155″W / 40.2625278°N 76.91032083°W / 40.2625278; -76.91032083) in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. Through the 1960s and early 1970s the station's format was MOR like its sister station, but it did not duplicate WCMB. In 1978, the station rebranded as Rock 99 with a format change to CHR ("Top 40") and began competing with WKBO and WQXA-FM in York.

In 1981, the format was changed to

Don and Mike
afternoons) and "Hot Music" (rhythmic CHR).

In 1995, the station's owner, Gemini Broadcasting, was on the verge of bankruptcy and sold the station (along with

Clear Channel Communications in 1999.[2]

In 2001, Clear Channel rebranded the station as KISS-FM, changed the call sign to WHKF and changed the format to

Wink-104
, who has since left that station.

On April 2, 2018, in response to Cumulus Media moving

WWKL to 106.7 FM (thus expanding the station's CHR format to cover Lancaster, York, and Reading), WHKF began redirecting listeners to sister station WLAN-FM. On April 4, at 11 a.m., after playing "Never Be the Same" by Camila Cabello, the station flipped to alternative rock as Alt 99.3. This move removed redundancy with WLAN-FM, and also provided a competitor to Cumulus's WQXA-FM. The first song on "Alt" was "This is War" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.[3]

On May 28, 2021, at 11 a.m., after playing "

REM. At Noon, following a single playing of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day, the station flipped to urban contemporary as "Real 99.3". The first song on "Real" was "Dreams and Nightmares" by Philadelphia native Meek Mill.[4]

Translators

WHKF-HD2 programming (Air1) is broadcast on the following translator:[5]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)
HAAT
 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W269AS 101.7 FM Carlisle, Pennsylvania 20863 160 307 m (1,007 ft) D 40°20′43.1″N 76°52′8.3″W / 40.345306°N 76.868972°W / 40.345306; -76.868972 (W269AS) LMS

References

  1. 1966 Broadcasting year book, pg C-145
  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHKF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ISBN 9780738575070
    .
  3. ^ "99.3 Kiss-FM Harrisburg Begins Redirecting Audience To WLAN-FM". RadioInsight. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ^ 99.3 Harrisburg Gets Real with Hip Hop
  5. ^ "Station Search Details, W269AS". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

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