Broadcast area | Lexington metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 100.1 MHz ( HD Radio) |
Branding | 100.1 WKQQ |
Programming | |
Format | Classic rock |
Subchannels | HD2: Blues |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WBUL-FM, WLAP, WLKT, WMXL, WWTF | |
History | |
First air date | October 2, 1974 |
Former call signs |
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Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 68206 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 20,000 watts |
HAAT | 194 meters (636 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°07′24″N 84°26′37″W / 38.12333°N 84.44361°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast |
Listen Live HD2: Listen Live |
Website | wkqq.iheart.com |
WKQQ (100.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Winchester, Kentucky, serving Lexington and the greater Central Kentucky area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a classic rock format. [3]
WKQQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts. The transmitter is on Russell Cave Road near Huffman Mill Pike, amid the towers for other Lexington-area FM and TV stations. [4] The studios and offices are on Main Street in Lexington.
WKDJ began broadcasting from Winchester on October 2, 1974. [5] It was originally owned by Clark Communications Company, a business of David Greenlee. [6]
WKDJ left the air in December 1980. Its country music format was replaced in late February 1981 by WFMI, owned by the Cromwell Group and featuring Top 40 music. [7] [8] WFMI and WHRS (1380 AM) were then sold to Premier Broadcast Corporation of Albany, New York, in 1988. [9] Coinciding with a planned power increase from 3,000 to 50,000 watts, the station switched to classic rock in February 1989 and rebranded as WLFX "Fox 100". [10]
Premier placed itself in receivership in 1991. Hancock Communications of Nashville acquired the pair the next year with plans to sell both facilities to other companies: while buyers were lined up for both stations, WLFX began simulcasting WHRS and its new soft adult contemporary format. [11] As a result of the sale action, the 100.1 station changed hands in rapid succession, being purchased by Trumper Communications in 1993. Trumper relocated the transmitter facility to Lexington, [12] and upon taking over, the format was changed to country as "Young Country" WWYC, competing with market leader WVLK-FM. [13]
Trumper Communications's three-station Lexington cluster was acquired by Jacor in 1996. [14]
In 1998, Jacor effectuated a format swap between two of its stations. The country music format on WWYC was moved to 98.1, where it was relaunched as WBUL-FM "The Bull", while WKQQ's call sign and programming moved to 100.1 MHz. [15] The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since February 4, 1998. [1] Later that year, Jacor was purchased by Clear Channel Communications (forerunner to iHeartMedia) for $2.8 billion. [16]