WKYZ

WKYZ
City of license	Key Colony Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Florida Keys area
Branding	The New Pirate Radio 101.7 FM
Frequency	101.7 MHz
First air date	May 11, 1989
Format	Adult Album Alternative
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	138 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	73170
Transmitter coordinates	24°41′30.00″N 81°6′31.00″W / 24.6916667°N 81.1086111°W / 24.6916667; -81.1086111
Callsign meaning	W Keys
Former callsigns	WKKB (May 11, 1989-November 2, 1998)
Former frequencies	101.3 MHz (May 11, 1989-2008)
Affiliations	Jones Radio Network
Owner	Keys Media Company, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	pirateradiokeywest.com

WKYZ (101.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative format. Licensed to Key Colony Beach, Florida, USA, the station serves the Florida Keys area. The station is currently owned by Keys Media Company, Inc. and featured programming from Jones Radio Network.^[1]

History

logo under previous format

The station went on the air as WKKB on May 11, 1989. On November 2, 1998, the station changed its call sign to the current WKYZ.^[2] It has broadcast a classic rock format in the past. On May 1, 2009, WKYZ returned to the air (after two months of silence) with talk, simulcasting WFFG 1300 AM Marathon, FL. On August 7, 2011, the simulcast with WFFG ended and the station adopted a AAA format with the branding "The New Pirate Radio 101.7 FM".

References

↑ "WKYZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WKYZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKYZ

Radio-Locator information on WKYZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKYZ

Radio stations in the Florida Keys

By AM frequency	560 610 940 1180 1300 1500 1600

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.7 93.9 94.9 95.7 96.9 97.7 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.7 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By callsign	WAIL WAMR-FM WAVK WBGG-FM WCNK WCTH WEOW WFEZ WFFG WFKZ WHNJ WIIS WINZ WIOD WKEY-FM WKEZ-FM WKIZ WKLG WKWF WKWM WKYZ WLFE WMGE WMIA-FM WMXJ WPIK WQAM WRTO-FM WWUS WWWK WXDJ WXKW WYBX

Former transmitters	1630/1680 KONK (now on 1500 WKIZ)

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