WKCI-FM

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WKCI-FM
WKCI-FM KC101 logo.webp
WKCI-HD2 & W265DB-FM Logo.png
Broadcast area New Haven–Hartford–Bridgeport, Connecticut
Frequency 101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingKC101
Programming
Format Contemporary hit radio
Subchannels HD2: 100.9 The Beat (Mainstream urban)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 10, 1969;55 years ago (1969-02-10)
Former call signs
  • WDEE-FM (1965–1966, CP)
  • WKCI (1966–1980)
  • WKCI-FM (1980)
  • WKCI (1980–2001)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 11930
Class B
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 279 meters (915 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°26′02″N72°56′42″W / 41.434°N 72.945°W / 41.434; -72.945
Translator(s) HD2: 100.9 W265DB (Milbrook)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website

WKCI-FM (101.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting an contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it serves New Haven and Hartford. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

Contents

The studios are in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden, where it shares facilities with sister stations WELI and WAVZ. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting with 12,000 watts [2] from a 915-foot (279 m) tower, the equivalent of 50,000 watts at 500 feet (150 m). [3] The station's transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to its current tower in 2003). [4]

Throughout the 1980s, WKCI was an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 . iHeartMedia also owns a talk station in Waynesboro, Virginia, which shares the call sign WKCI on AM 970.

HD Radio

WKCI-FM began broadcasts in HD Radio in December 2004. [5] Its HD2 signal airs a mainstream urban format, providing a second option to WZMX, and is simulcast on FM translator W265DB at 100.9 MHz, known as "100.9 The Beat"; this format signed on the air at 12 a.m. on June 23, 2015. [6]

Broadcast translator for WKCI-FM HD2
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W265DB100.9 FM Milbrook, Connecticut 139897250D 41°20′58.8″N72°58′20.7″W / 41.349667°N 72.972417°W / 41.349667; -72.972417 (W265DB) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKCI-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WKCI-FM : Call Sign History". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Antenna Structure Registration 1216288". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ radioinsight.com (June 23, 2015)
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