WYOK
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| City of license | Atmore, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Mobile metropolitan area |
| Branding | Kicks 104 |
| Slogan | "Gulf Coast Country" |
| Frequency | 104.1 kHz (Also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Modern Country |
| ERP | 98,000 watts |
| HAAT | 520.5 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 8680 |
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| Former callsigns | WIZD-FM, WGCX, WDWG |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBLX-FM, WDLT-FM/AM, WGOK |
| Website | http://www.kicks1041.com |
WYOK (104.1 FM, "Kicks 104") is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Atmore, Alabama. The station broadcasts to the greater Mobile metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Modern Country format and is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
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[edit] History
[edit] Call letters
The station was assigned the WYOK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 11, 1999.[1]
[edit] Ownership
In 1999, the station was acquired by Citadel Communications Corp. (Lawrence R. Wilson, chairman) from Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Co. Inc. (Robert Fuller, president) along with sister station WGOK for a reported sale price of $6 million.[2]
[edit] Programming
WYOK switched from "Hot 104" to "Kicks 104" and a country music format in April 2006. The new format signed on with notable on-air personality "Cadillac Jack" after two days of stunting with Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". Cadillac Jack left the station for Las Vegas' KCYE in September 2006.[3]
[edit] HD radio
Cumulus Broadcasting began upgrading its stations to HD Radio broadcasting in 2005. One of the first ten stations to be upgraded was WYOK.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Call Sign History. FCC Station Search.
- ^ "Big Deals of 1999", Broadcasting & Cable, 2000-02-14.
- ^ Gross, Dan. "Cadillac Jack says he's in Vegas now", Philadelphia Daily News, 2006-09-19. "After less than six months on the job, former 92.5 WXTU host Cadillac Jack is gone from Mobile, Ala.'s WYOK and working at Las Vegas country-music station 104.3 The Coyote, he tells us. Jack, real name Tom Kapsalis, had spent six years at 'XTU before leaving in February."
- ^ Harnett, Mary Beth. "Harris Corporation Announces Multi-Deal Agreement as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Supplier to Cumulus Broadcasting", EE Times, 2006-04-24.
[edit] External links
- Kicks 104 WYOK official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WYOK
- Radio Locator information on WYOK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WYOK
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