WKTK

WKTK
City	Crystal River, Florida
Broadcast area	Gainesville-Ocala, Florida
Branding	98.5 KTK
Slogan	Better Music For A Better Workday
Frequency	98.5 MHz
First air date	1986
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	299 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	18520
Callsign meaning	Koast-to-Koast
Former callsigns	WRYO (1976-1986)
Owner	Entercom Communications (Entercom License, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ktk985.com

WKTK is a commercial radio station licensed in Crystal River, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area on 98.5 FM. The station began broadcasting in 1976 as WRYO, a religious station. The WKTK ("Koast-to-Koast", referring to the station's large coverage area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico) calls were adopted in 1986 and the station has been through various forms of the Adult Contemporary and Hot AC formats since before finally settling into the mainstream AC sound it now uses. It can be picked up in portions of Orlando, Jacksonville, and the Tampa Bay Area.

On May 19, 2008, utilizing iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology,^[1] WKTK-FM began broadcasting its signal in both digital (HD-1) and analog (FM) formats. In addition to the digital launch, WKTK-HD2 began broadcasting the area's only all digital, all blues music format, branded as The Swamp WKTK-HD2 (98.5-2). The station was granted special permission to use "The Swamp" from The University of Florida in homage of the school's football stadium, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field.^[2]

Other usage of call

The WKTK call letters were also used during the 1970s by the progressive rock station in Baltimore, Maryland. The line-up of on air talent between 1970 and 1976 included Gabe Bathory, sign on until 10am. Dave ( Prosser ) Ross, 10am until 2pm. Larry Allan or Barry "Reazar" Richards 2pm until 6pm. Baltimore night time radio legend Joe Buccheri ( Bu-Carey )6pm until mid-night and Scott Stephens Midnight until 6am.

References

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKTK

Radio-Locator information on WKTK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKTK

Radio stations in the Gainesville / Ocala market

By AM frequency	640 850 900 980 1230 1240 1370 1390 1430

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 91.9 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.7 (WGLJ-LP) 94.7 (WGOT-LP) 94.7 (WVFP-LP) 94.9 95.3 95.5 95.7 96.3 96.7 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.5 99.7 100.5 100.7 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.3 102.7 103.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 104.9 105.3 106.3 106.9 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W237EJ W244BC W274BT WAJD WAQV WDVH WDVH-FM WERF-LP WFJV-LP WGGG WGHR WGLJ-LP WGMA WGMW WGOT-LP WHGN WHHZ WHIJ WITG-LP WJLF WJND-LP WJUF WKTK WMOP WMFQ WNDD WNDN WNDT WOCA WOGK WPLL WPZM-LP WRLE-LP WRUF WRUF-FM WSKY-FM WTMG WTMN WTRS WUFT-FM WVFP-LP WVLG WWLC WXOF WXJZ WYFB WYFZ WYGC WYKE WYKS WZCC

Defunct stations	WCFI

Future stations	WURB (TBA)

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Florida

Stations	WDUV – New Port Richey WEAT – West Palm Beach WEJZ – Jacksonville WFEZ – Miami WFSY – Panama City WHLG – Port Saint Lucie WINK-FM – Fort Myers WJPT – Fort Myers WKLG – Rock Harbor WKTK – Crystal River WLRQ-FM – Cocoa WMEZ – Pensacola WMGF – Mount Dora WNCV – Shalimar WRLE-LP – Dunnellon WTLY - Tallahassee WWLL – Sebring WWRM – Tampa WXNX – Sanibel

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

Entercom

AM radio stations	KCSP KCTC KEZW KFH KFXX KJCE KMBZ KMTT KNSS KWOD KYYS WAXY WBEN WBZU WEAL WEEI WGR WILK WKZN WMC WMFS WORD WPET WQXI WRKO WROC WSSP WVEI WWKB WWL WWWL WWWS WXNT WYRD

FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KFH-FM KGMZ KGON KHTP KIFM KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

Coordinates: 29°15′36″N 82°34′05″W / 29.260°N 82.568°W / 29.260; -82.568

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