WAKZ

95.9 WAKZ
City	Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Youngstown, Ohio
Branding	95.9 Kiss FM
Slogan	Youngstown's #1 Hit Music Station
Frequency	95.9 MHz
First air date	December 28, 1976 (as WFAR-FM)
Format	Top 40
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (328 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	292075
Transmitter coordinates	41°13′05.00″N 80°33′43.00″W / 41.2180556°N 80.5619444°W / 41.2180556; -80.5619444
Callsign meaning	"With-A-Kis(Z)"
Former callsigns	1998-2001: WTNX 1996-1998: WWSY 1994-1996: 'WRKU 1992-1994: WHTX 1991-1992: WAXF 1989-1991: WOJY-FM 1982-1989: WMGZ-FM 1980-1982: WGBZ 1976-1980: WFAR-FM
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBBG, WKBN, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO, W263CL
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	http://www.959kiss.com/

WAKZ (95.9 FM, "95-9 Kiss FM") is a radio station licensed to Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and serving Youngstown, Ohio. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station used to air a Rhythmic format but it is shifting back to Top 40. WAKZ competes with WDJQ Q92 (from nearby Canton), WHOT-FM "Hot 101", WQAL "Q-104"(from nearby Cleveland), and WENZ "Z 1079" (also from nearby Cleveland). Another competitor, WRBP "Jamz 101.9", was to change its format in June 2012 due to a change in ownership.^[1]^[2] WAKZ has fellow Kiss FM sister stations in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. WAKZ also has a top 40 sister station as a non-KissFM brand WKDD (from nearby Canton).

Former logo

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WAKZFacility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WAKZ

Radio-Locator information on WAKZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WAKZ

Radio stations in the Youngstown-Niles-Warren, Ohio market

Note: This market also includes New Castle, Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	570 600 790 830 940 1200 1240 1280 1330 1390 1440 1470 1490 1500 1540 1570

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.1 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.7 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.5 102.9 103.9 105.1 106.1 107.1 107.9

By callsign	WAKZ WASN WBBG WBBW WDJQ WGFT WGRP WHBC-FM WHKZ WHOT-FM WHTX WJST WKBN WKPL WKTL WKST WKTX WLLF WLOA WSHH WLVX WMXY WNCD WNIO WOHI WPIC WQXK WSAJ-FM WSOM WVMN WWGY WWIZ WWNW WYCL WYFM WYLR WYSU WYTN W234CH W263CL

Defunct stations	WSAJ/1340

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

By frequency	92.1 92.1 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.1 94.5 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.1 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.3 99.7 100.1 102.1 103.7 104.1 107.9

By callsign	WAEB-FM WAKZ WBHD WBHT WBHV-FM WDNH-FM WEHP WHKF WIOQ WJHT WKBI-FM WKRF WKRZ WKST-FM WLAN-FM WNUZ WQKX WQYX WRTS WVRT WVRZ WWOT WZMP WZZE

By city	Allentown Altoona Clearfield Erie Glen Mills Harrisburg Honesdale Johnstown Lancaster Lawrence Park Mercersburg Mount Carmel Olyphant Philadelphia (WIOQ) Philadelphia (WZMP) Pittsburgh Saint Marys Scranton Scranton Sharpsville State College Sunbury Tobyhanna Williamsport

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

KISS-FM branded radio stations in the United States

iHeartMedia
owned

Top 40	KBKS-FM (Seattle) KHFI-FM (Austin, Texas) KHKS (Dallas/Fort Worth) KIIS-FM (Los Angeles) KISO (Omaha, Nebraska) KKDM (Des Moines, Iowa) KSFT-FM (Sioux City, Iowa) KSME (Fort Collins, Colorado) KUUL (Davenport, Iowa-Quad Cities) KVJM (Bryan/College Station, Texas) KVVS (Lancaster/Antelope Valley, California) KWNW (Memphis, Tennessee) KZZP (Phoenix, Arizona) WAEV (Savannah, Georgia) WAKS (Akron–Cleveland, Ohio) WAKZ (Youngstown, Ohio) WBKS (Lima, Ohio) WFKS (Melbourne, Florida) WGMY (Thomasville, Georgia/Tallahassee, Florida) WHKF (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) WKFS-FM (Cincinnati) WKKF (Albany, New York) WKSC-FM (Chicago) WKSI-FM (Winchester, Virginia) WKSL (Jacksonville, Florida]) WKSS (Hartford, Connecticut) WKST-FM (Pittsburgh) WKXJ (Chattanooga, Tennessee) WKZP (Salisbury/Ocean City, Maryland) WMKS (High Point/Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina) WPKF (Poughkeepsie, New York) W293AH/WQRV-HD2 (Huntsville, Alabama) WRGV (Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, AL) WVKF (Wheeling, West Virginia/Steubenville, Ohio) WVKS (Toledo, Ohio) WXKS-FM (Boston)

Rhythmic Contemporary	KIIS-FM United States (SDARS) KKMY (Beaumont, Texas) WKGS (Rochester, New York) KSSX (San Diego)

Adult Contemporary	KISC (Spokane, Washington) WKSB (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)

Urban	WKSP (Augusta, Georgia) WMRZ (Albany, Georgia)

Country	WKSF (Asheville, North Carolina/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, NC)

Non iHeartMedia
affiliated

KSKS (Fresno, California)
KIFS (Medford, Oregon)
KSAS (Caldwell, Idaho)
WSKS/WSKU (Whitesboro/Little Falls, New York)
WKSZ (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
KEKS (Olpe, Kansas)
KKSW (Lawrence, Kansas)
KXNC (Ness City, Kansas)
KSII (El Paso, Texas)
KKSS (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
KXSS-FM (Amarillo, Texas)
KCRS-FM (Odessa/Midland, Texas)
KSSM (Copperas Cove, Texas)
KYIS (Oklahoma City)
WALR-FM (Atlanta)
WBHK (Warrior/Birmingham, Alabama)
WDMK (Detroit)
WGKS (Lexington, Kentucky)
WKIS (Miami)
WKJS/WKJM (Richmond/Petersburg, Virginia)
WKSE (Buffalo, New York)
WKYS (Washington, D.C.)
WLXC (Columbia, South Carolina)
WNKS (Charlotte, North Carolina)
WPIA (Peoria, Illinois)
WQKS (Montgomery, Alabama)
WDKS (Newburgh/Evansville, Indiana)
WXSS (Milwaukee)
WETT (Bridgeport, West Virginia)
WKSO (Natchez, Mississippi)
WKQB (Pocahontas, Virginia)
WUVA (Charlottesville, Virginia)
KXXZ (Victorville, California)
WCKS (Carrollton, Georgia)
WKZA (Jamestown, New York)
WKSQ (Ellsworth, Maine)
WYKS (Gainesville, Florida)
KTRS-FM (Casper, Wyoming)
KISN (Bozeman, Montana)
KKST (Oakdale/Alexandria, Louisiana)
KXKS (Shreveport, Louisiana)

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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