WKSL

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Coordinates: 30°16′52″N 81°34′12″W / 30.281°N 81.570°W / 30.281; -81.570
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For the radio station licensed to Cary, North Carolina that held the callsign WKSL from 2007 to 2014, see WNCB.
Not to be confused with KSL in Salt Lake City.
WKSL
Urban gospel)
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WQIK-FM, WFXJ, WJBT, WPLA, WSOL-FM
History
First air date
August 1965 (as WFOY-FM at 97.7)
Former call signs
WFOY-FM (1965-1984)
WUVU (1984-1992)
WSTF (1992-1995)
WFSJ-FM (1995-2000)
WFKS (2000-2011)
WNWW (2011-2014)
Former frequencies
97.7 MHz (1965-1992)
Call sign meaning
Kiss Jacksonville
Technical information
Facility ID67243
ClassC2
ERP12,500 watts
HAAT302 meters (991 ft)
Translator(s)
  • HD2: 97.3 W247CF (Orange Park)
  • HD3: 107.9 W300CU (Jacksonville)
Links
WebcastListen live
HD3: Listen Live
Website979kissfm.iheart.com
HD3: praise1079.com

WKSL (97.9

syndicated programs, with Elvis Duran and the Morning Show from WHTZ New York City, and in middays, WKSL carries On Air with Ryan Seacrest based at KIIS-FM Los Angeles
.

WKSL's

studios and offices are located on Belfort Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside neighborhood. The transmitter is in the Arlington neighborhood, on Hogan Road near Pottsburg Creek.[1]

WKSL broadcasts in the

urban gospel format known as "Praise 107.9".[3]

History

Early history

The station was originally licensed to

Smooth Jazz as WFSJ-FM.[4]

WFKS "97.9 KISS FM"

WFSJ switched formats to Rhythmic-leaning CHR at 3 p.m. on March 17, 2000, calling itself "97-9 KISS FM."[5] For a short time it used the call sign WGNE-FM. On July 3, 2000, the call letters changed to WFKS.

From 1994 to 2000, the WFKS call sign was used on 99.9 FM in Palatka, as CHR/Hot AC "99.9 Kiss FM." That station became country WGNE-FM in 2000 and was moved into the Jacksonville market by Renda Broadcasting in May 2005. It is now "99.9 Gator Country," competing with WKSL's sister station, WQIK-FM.

Radio Now 97.9

Radio Now logo from 2011–2013

On July 1, 2011, at Noon, after playing "

*Nsync, WFKS relaunched as "Radio NOW 97-9", while tweaking its format to a more mainstream CHR. The first song on "Radio NOW" was "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.[6][7]
On July 14, WFKS changed the call letters to WNWW to go with the "Radio NOW" branding.

Return to "KISS FM"

On November 1, 2013, after playing "We Are Young" by Fun featuring Janelle Monáe, WNWW returned to the "Kiss" branding as "97-9 KISS FM", relaunching with a similar "Flashback Weekend" to the one that signed off "Kiss" two years prior.[8] For a short time it kept the WNWW call letters. On August 1, 2014, WNWW changed call letters to WKSL which were originally used on sister station WNCB-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Notable Past & Present Personalities

References

  1. ^ "WKSL-FM 97.9 MHz - Neptune Beach, FL". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  2. ^ "W247CF-FM 97.3 MHz - Orange Park, FL". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. ^ "W300CU-FM 107.9 MHz - Jacksonville, FL". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  4. ^ "RR-1995-02-11" (PDF).
  5. ^ "RR-2000-03-24" (PDF).
  6. ^ "97.9 WFKS KISSES INTO THE NOW". July 5, 2011.
  7. ^ Lance (2011-07-05). "97.9 WFKS Becomes Radio Now". Format Change Archive. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  8. ^ "KISS RETURNS IN JACKSONVILLE". November 1, 2013.
  9. ^ "Hey, It's Colt. I'm leaving 97.9 KISS FM Forever | 101.3 KDWB".

External links

30°16′52″N 81°34′12″W / 30.281°N 81.570°W / 30.281; -81.570

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