WGKS

WGKS

City of license	Paris, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington-Fayette
Branding	96.9 KISS FM
Slogan	"Soft Rock at Work"
Frequency	96.9 MHz
First air date	1968
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	150 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	36140
Transmitter coordinates	38°7′32.00″N 84°21′12.00″W / 38.1255556°N 84.3533333°W / 38.1255556; -84.3533333
Callsign meaning	W G KiSs^[1]
Former callsigns	WCOZ (1985-1992) WCOZ-FM (1992-1992)
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	L.M. Communications, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	969kissfm.com

WGKS (96.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Paris, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Lexington-Fayette area. The station is currently owned by L.M. Communications, Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio .^[2]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WCOZ on 1985-02-25. On 1992-06-11, the station changed its call sign to WCOZ-FM then just over a week later, on 1992-06-19, the station changed its call sign to the current WGKS.^[3]

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WGKS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WGKS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGKS

Radio-Locator information on WGKS

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGKS

LM Communications

Radio stations

Lexington	WBTF WBVX WCDA WGKS WLXG WLXO¹

Charleston, South Carolina	WCOO WYBB

Charleston, West Virginia	WJYP WKLC-FM WMON WMXE WSCW

Television

The CW affiliate	WBKI

¹ LM provides programing consultation for this station

Radio stations in the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, including the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Area

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.7 93.9 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.3 96.9 98.1 99.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.5 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	590 630 770 1110 1150 1230 1250 1300 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1550 1580

By callsign	KIH41 W219DM W280DO WBFC WBTF WBUL-FM WBVX WCBR WCDA WCGW WCYN WCYN-FM WCYO WEKU WEKY WFKY WGKS WHBN WHIR WIOK WIRV WJMM-FM WKQQ WKVO WKXO WKYL WKYW WLAI WLAP WLFX WLKT WLRT WLTO WLXG WLXO WLXX WMJR WMKY WMST WMXL WPBK WPTJ WRFL WRNZ WRVG-LP WSEK WSTV-FM WUKY WVLK WVLK-FM WVRB WWRW WWTF WXKY-FM WXZZ WYGH

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.500 162.525

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Cincinnati Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Louisville Southwest Virginia See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WCLU-FM – Munfordville WCTT-FM – Corbin WEKY – Richmond WFTM – Maysville WFTM-FM – Maysville WGKS – Paris WIFX-FM – Jenkins WHOP-FM – Hopkinsville WJSN-FM – Jackson WKHG – Leitchfield WLLK-FM – Somerset WMST – Mount Sterling WNJK – Burgin WOFC – Murray WOKH – Springfield WTTL-FM – Madisonville WUGO – Grayson WVEZ – Saint Matthews WYKY – Science Hill WZYK – Clinton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

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