WICO-FM
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WKTT is a radio station
licensed
to serve Salisbury, Maryland
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1969, is currently owned by Delmarva Broadcasting Company.
WKTT broadcasts a country music
format in conjunction with sister station
WZKT.
After nearly 40 years of broadcasting as WICO-FM, the station was assigned the current WKTT call sign
by the Federal Communications Commission
on March 30, 2009
.
to sign on the air at 94.3 FM in Cambridge, Maryland
.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
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to serve Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury, Maryland
-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...
, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1969, is currently owned by Delmarva Broadcasting Company.
WKTT broadcasts a country music
Country music
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format in conjunction with sister station
Sister station
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WZKT.
After nearly 40 years of broadcasting as WICO-FM, the station was assigned the current WKTT call sign
Call sign
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by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on March 30, 2009
2009 in radio
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.
History
WICO-FM, as it was known at the time, originally broadcasted at 94.3 FM. WICO-FM moved up the dial to 97.5 FM in the late 1990s which cleared the way for WINX-FMWINX-FM
WINX-FM is a radio station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, USA. The station is currently owned by First Media Radio, LLC.-History:...
to sign on the air at 94.3 FM in Cambridge, Maryland
Cambridge, Maryland
Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,326 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county's largest municipality...
.