WKCN
Encyclopedia
WKCN known as "Kissin 99.3", is a radio station
licensed to Fort Benning
South/Columbus, and serving the greater Columbus, Georgia
, area.
in 1992, and remains a country music radio station today. Current on-air personalities include Bear O'Brian (Wade Collier), Miller Robson (Miller in the Midday), Brian Thomas, and The Big Time w/Whitney Allen at night Monday through Saturday. WKCN-FM also carries American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks on Sunday nights.
, for a reported combined sale price of $15 million. At the time of the sale, WKCN carried a country music
format.
On July 31, 2008, local investment group PMB Broadcasting LLC (headed up by Jim Martin) purchased this station along with Columbus-area sister stations WRCG-AM, WRLD-FM and WCGQ-FM from Archway Broadcasting Group LLC for a reported sale price of $7.2 million. At the time of the sale, the station carried and continues to carry a country music
format. PMB Broadcasting LLC has since added WLTC
to its list of stations owned.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Fort Benning
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
South/Columbus, and serving the greater Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
, area.
Programming
Kissin 99.3 began broadcasting country musicCountry 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...
in 1992, and remains a country music radio station today. Current on-air personalities include Bear O'Brian (Wade Collier), Miller Robson (Miller in the Midday), Brian Thomas, and The Big Time w/Whitney Allen at night Monday through Saturday. WKCN-FM also carries American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks on Sunday nights.
Ownership
In December 2002, McClure Broadcasting, Inc., (Chuck McClure Jr., president) reached an agreement to sell this station to Archway Broadcasting Group (Al Vicente, president/CEO). This was part of a four-station deal, along with WRLD-FM, WRCG, and WCGQWCGQ
WCGQ is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio music format. WCGQ is licensed to serve the community of Columbus, Georgia, USA.-Current:...
, for a reported combined sale price of $15 million. At the time of the sale, WKCN carried a country music
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...
format.
On July 31, 2008, local investment group PMB Broadcasting LLC (headed up by Jim Martin) purchased this station along with Columbus-area sister stations WRCG-AM, WRLD-FM and WCGQ-FM from Archway Broadcasting Group LLC for a reported sale price of $7.2 million. At the time of the sale, the station carried and continues to carry a country music
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...
format. PMB Broadcasting LLC has since added WLTC
WLTC
WLTC is a radio station that is licensed in Cusseta, Georgia and serves the city of Columbus, Georgia and its metro area. It broadcasts an Adult Contemporary format. It began broadcasting in late 2009 at frequency 103.7, replacing WBOJ....
to its list of stations owned.
Former on-air personalities
- Jody Van Alin - currently JVA Promotions
- Rimi Daniels - currently doing TV and Radio voiceovers
- Jeff Harris - currently Singer @ Irish Kevins in Key West, FL.
- Rick Hunter (Rick Bartlett) - currently Program Director/Morning Show Host in Iowa.
- Shawn Hamilton - currently Mornings @ WJCL-FM in Savannah, GA.
- Dave Kelly - currently Market Manager for Citadel Nashville
- Sharon Green - currently Mornings @ WKSF-FM Asheville, N.C.
- Robin Lee - Marketing Coordinator for the Columbus Civic Center
- Tom McKay - currently Moog Media (TV & Radio Voiceovers)
- Miller Robson - currently Promotions/Marketing Coordinator and midday anchor for WLTZ NBC-38 (returned to Kissin' 99.3 in October 2011)
- James Steele - currently Affiliate Relations Manager of The Louisiana Network and owner of JMG Productions in Baton Rouge, LA.
- Keni Thomas - Nashville singer and songwriter ("Not Me" w/Vince Gill)
- Wild Bill McKubby - currently Mornings @ KYSM-FM in Mankato, MN.
- Johnny West - moved on to spend two years doing evenings, overnights, and fill-ins for afternoon drive at WKHX KICKS 101.5 Atlanta; 2011 will mark West's 10th year in retail loss prevention
- Andy Woods - currently Afternoons at 97-5 WCOS-FM Columbia, S.C. and voicetracks Afternoons for Cat Country 107.1 in Ft. Myers FL & Nights for 99.9 Kiss Country (WKSF-FM) Asheville, N.C.