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WKSA, known on air as 92.1 Kiss FM, is a radio station licensed to Moyock, North Carolina
, with its tower in middle Chesapeake, Virginia
, and its office in Norfolk, Virginia
. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications
. The station airs an Urban adult contemporary
format that the Hampton Roads market.
, country
, jazz
, big band, classical
, R&B, and other more obscure music genres. The station went dark around 1978 due to money problems. It signed back on as a Top 40 station in 1980 and was called WQZQ. A few years later, it changed to a country format. In the mid 80s, the station went to an adult contemporary format as WOFM, switching a few years later to AAA
as "The Border" and attracting a small "cult" audience in Norfolk. Plagued with a bad signal the station tried getting an upgrade to 25 thousand watts, but was unable to. This caused WOFM in 1990 to flip to heavy metal
with the now-defunct "Z Rock
" syndicated satellite delivered format as WZTR.
A few years later, the station was sold to Willis Broadcasting who changed the calls to WMYK and instituted a hard-core rap
& hip hop
format as 92.1 Kiss. Clear Channel later purchased the station and tried "Dance Top 40" which failed in the ratings. Then, Clear Channel did a Jammin Oldies
simulcast with sister station WSVY
107.7 as "Vibe 107.7 and 92.1". Later, the station went to urban AC with the same name before returning to the previous rap & hip hop format as WBHH, "92.1 The Beat". On March 1, 2003, the station dropped its hip hop format and started simulcasting an soft A/C format with former smooth jazz
sister station WJCD; the two stations together were known as Lite FM.
In August 2005, to fill the hole left when crosstown oldies WFOG
switched to adult contemporary, WCDG broke away from the simulcast and became Oldies formatted "Cool 92.1". The first song played was local legend Bill Deal's biggest hit, "What Kind OF Fool Do You Think I Am".
On October 11, 2010, WCDG and WJCD became simulcasts again when WKUS moved from 105.3 to 107.7 and the 105.3 frequency became "Magic 105.3" with a AC-themed Classic Hits format. The move meant the end for WCDG's Oldies format. On March 31, 2011, WKUS broke away from its simulcast of WKSA to become Rhythmic Hot AC
WMOV
(MOViN' 107.7
) after that station received a signal upgrade to cover the area.
, whereas the Voice-Tracked shows are "true oldies". The station later installed a new morning show featuring Bill Bevins and Shelly Perkins who are also The Morning Team at Clear Channel's sister station in Richmond
, WTVR-FM
/Lite 98. It was also the Hampton Roads affiliate for North Carolina Tar Heels
football and basketball.
Moyock, North Carolina
-Geography:It is located on NC 168 just south of the Virginia state line. The community sits at the end of the Chesapeake Expressway toll road, and is only a short drive from downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Because of this, Moyock has begun to witness an increase in residential development as an...
, with its tower in middle Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...
, and its office in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. The station airs an Urban adult contemporary
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
format that the Hampton Roads market.
History
Originally signing on in the 1970s, it was WJLY, which played a bizarre array of rockRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, big band, classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, R&B, and other more obscure music genres. The station went dark around 1978 due to money problems. It signed back on as a Top 40 station in 1980 and was called WQZQ. A few years later, it changed to a country format. In the mid 80s, the station went to an adult contemporary format as WOFM, switching a few years later to AAA
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
as "The Border" and attracting a small "cult" audience in Norfolk. Plagued with a bad signal the station tried getting an upgrade to 25 thousand watts, but was unable to. This caused WOFM in 1990 to flip to heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
with the now-defunct "Z Rock
Z Rock
Z-Rock was a nationally syndicated radio network based out of Dallas, Texas, USA, in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s that played heavy metal and hard rock music. The format was one of ABC Radio Network's 24-hour satellite formats...
" syndicated satellite delivered format as WZTR.
A few years later, the station was sold to Willis Broadcasting who changed the calls to WMYK and instituted a hard-core rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
& hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
format as 92.1 Kiss. Clear Channel later purchased the station and tried "Dance Top 40" which failed in the ratings. Then, Clear Channel did a Jammin Oldies
Rhythmic oldies
Rhythmic Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, disco or dance genres of music. Playlists may span from the 1970s through the early 1990s...
simulcast with sister station WSVY
WMOV-FM
WMOV-FM is a Rhythmic AC formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WMOV-FM is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-Simulcast:The station used to simulcast the format on WKSA...
107.7 as "Vibe 107.7 and 92.1". Later, the station went to urban AC with the same name before returning to the previous rap & hip hop format as WBHH, "92.1 The Beat". On March 1, 2003, the station dropped its hip hop format and started simulcasting an soft A/C format with former smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
sister station WJCD; the two stations together were known as Lite FM.
In August 2005, to fill the hole left when crosstown oldies WFOG
WVBW
WVBW is a Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Suffolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WVBW is owned and operated by Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC.-History:...
switched to adult contemporary, WCDG broke away from the simulcast and became Oldies formatted "Cool 92.1". The first song played was local legend Bill Deal's biggest hit, "What Kind OF Fool Do You Think I Am".
On October 11, 2010, WCDG and WJCD became simulcasts again when WKUS moved from 105.3 to 107.7 and the 105.3 frequency became "Magic 105.3" with a AC-themed Classic Hits format. The move meant the end for WCDG's Oldies format. On March 31, 2011, WKUS broke away from its simulcast of WKSA to become Rhythmic Hot AC
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada. It usually gears toward an older audience, ages 25 to 54. Stations using this format play disco from the 1970s and early 1980s, dance/pop music, adult-friendly hip hop/old school tracks, R&B, dance/freestyle...
WMOV
WMOV-FM
WMOV-FM is a Rhythmic AC formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WMOV-FM is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-Simulcast:The station used to simulcast the format on WKSA...
(MOViN' 107.7
Movin' (brand)
"Movin'" is a brand name used for a variety of rhythmic AC and top 40 radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States...
) after that station received a signal upgrade to cover the area.
Programming
When it was "Cool 92.1," the station used voice-tracked talent imported from other stations in the Clear Channel chain, plus Mike Harvey, and Cleveland based "Truckin" Tom Kent's syndicated night show in the evenings. The voice-tracked DJs were Gary Jeff Walker, and Travis Dylan. Mike Harvey airs a nightly program "The Mike Harvey Show" from 7-Midnight and Saturday Nights "Super Gold". Tom Kent does a syndicated show from 2-7pm on Weekdays. The Syndicated shows are more classic hitsClassic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
, whereas the Voice-Tracked shows are "true oldies". The station later installed a new morning show featuring Bill Bevins and Shelly Perkins who are also The Morning Team at Clear Channel's sister station in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, WTVR-FM
WTVR-FM
WTVR-FM is a Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WTVR-FM is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
/Lite 98. It was also the Hampton Roads affiliate for North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
football and basketball.