WNOK

WNOK
City	Columbia, South Carolina
Broadcast area	Columbia, South Carolina
Branding	104.7 WNOK
Slogan	Columbia's #1 Hit Music Station
Frequency	104.7 MHz
First air date	July 15, 1959
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	90,000 watts
HAAT	315 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	19472
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WCOS, WCOS-FM, WLTY, WVOC, WXBT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wnok.com

WNOK is a CHR radio station licensed to Columbia, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 104.7 MHz with an ERP of 90 kW. The station goes by the name 104.7 WNOK and its current slogan is "All The Hits." Its studios are in Columbia (west of the Congaree River) and the transmitter is northeast of Columbia in unincorporated Richland County.

104.7 WNOK receives exceptional interference from WKQC in Charlotte. The Chester and Lancaster areas are affected the most with interference from both stations.

History

WNOK-FM signed on the air July 15, 1959, simulcasting much of WNOK's programming which consisted of Pop Standards. During the 1960s, WNOK-FM broke off simulcasting when WNOK went Top 40 and went to the Beautiful Music format. Both stations were sister stations of WNOK-TV/67. In the early 1960s, WNOK-FM broadcast commercial background music on an SCA subcarrier channel with a subcarrier frequency of 23 kHz. This prevented the station from broadcasting stereo because the SCA subchannel occupied part of the frequency band for a stereo signal. In November of 1963, WNOK-FM interrupted its background music service to announce that President John Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas. The announcement was heard in department stores and offices throughout the Columbia area. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the station gradually became more contemporary with something of an adult contemporary format. The station went full blown top 40 in December 1976 as "Stereo 105" and was largely automated. This move proved to be a wise decision as the station enjoyed huge ratings for the remainder of the 1970s and into the 1980s.

By 1980, the automation was done away with, replaced with a live airstaff and the station's name became simply "105 WNOK". By early 1984, the station became "104.7 WNOK", the first station in Columbia to adopt their actual frequency as part of their name.

104.7 WNOK logo from 2004 to December 9, 2014. The current logo adopts the KISS-FM fonts

The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, which also owns Sports talk WCOS Country WCOS-FM, Variety Hits WLTY, Urban contemporary WXBT and News/Talk WVOC in the Columbia radio market.

External links

WNOK's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNOK

Radio-Locator information on WNOK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNOK

Radio stations in the Columbia, South Carolina market

By AM frequency	560 620 840 890 1170 1230 1320 1400 1470

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.5 98.3 98.5 99.3 100.1 101.3 102.3 103.1 103.9 104.7 106.7 107.5

By callsign	WARQ WBAJ WCEO WCOS WCOS-FM WDEK WFMV WGCV WHXT WISW WLJI WLTR WLTY WLXC WMFX WMHK WNKT WNOK WOIC WOMG WQXL WRJA-FM WSCZ WTCB WUSC WVOC WWDM WWNQ WWNU WXBT WXRY-LP WYFV WZMJ

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of South Carolina

By frequency	93.7 95.1 95.9 97.7 98.1 98.3 101.5 103.3 104.7

By callsign	WBWT-LP WFBC WHHD WHZT WJMX-FM WMXZ WNOK WSSX WWXM

By city	Charleston Clearwater Columbia Florence Garden City Greenville Greenville Isle of Palms Williamston

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

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

Coordinates: 34°09′04″N 80°54′36″W / 34.151°N 80.910°W / 34.151; -80.910

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