WOKO
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WOKO is an American radio station
Radio station
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  broadcasting a Country music
Country music
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 format
Radio format
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. Licensed to Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
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, USA, the station serves the Burlington-Plattsburgh area. The station is owned by Hall Communications, Inc..

It is not related to the former WOKO (AM)
WDDY
WDDY is an AM radio station licensed to Albany, New York. It broadcasts in HD Radio from facilities located in Delmar, New York, operating with 5000 watts of power on 1460 kHz...

 which started in the 1920s in New York City and operated for many years in Albany before changing its callsign to WDDY
WDDY
WDDY is an AM radio station licensed to Albany, New York. It broadcasts in HD Radio from facilities located in Delmar, New York, operating with 5000 watts of power on 1460 kHz...

under the ownership of Radio Disney.

WOKO went on the air in 1962 as WJOY-FM; the station was also known as WQCR from 1972 to 1990, the call letters standing for "Queen City Rock". On air, the station was identified as "Q99" and later as "Rock 99" prior to the change to country. http://www.fybush.com/site-020814.html http://www.wjoy.com/History.html.

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

The Morning Round-Up: Wild Bill Sargent & Rod Hill 5a - 10a

C.K. Coin 10a - 2p

Thom Richards 2p - 6p

"The Captain" Guy Ford 6p-10p


Former on-air staff

"Cowboy" Cal Daniels

Jim Whitehead

Sarah Spencer

Sam Stevens

Chris Reed

Jim Cooper (Currently stand-up comedian "Jack Sass")

Margot St. John

Nick Morgan

Brian Warren (Afternoons "KOOL 105" WKOL-FM as Mark Knight)

Tad Lemire

Jennifer Lyons

Jim Severence

Gary Coop

Dave Davis

Chris Chase

Heather Scott

Vicky Lynch

Lisa Lemieux




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