WCHK-FM

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WCHK-FM
Broadcast area Dover, Delaware
Frequency 101.3 MHz
BrandingThe Chicken 101.3
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Forever Media
  • (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date
 1990 (as WXPZ)
Former call signs
WXPZ (1990–2004)
WNCL (2004–2019)
Call sign meaning
CHicKen
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 58763
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 93.5 meters (306.8 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°51′22.1″N75°28′57.8″W / 38.856139°N 75.482722°W / 38.856139; -75.482722
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website Chicken 101.3 Online

WCHK-FM (101.3 FM, "The Chicken 101.3") is a radio station licensed to Milford, Delaware. Owned by Forever Media, it broadcasts a country music format serving Dover, Delaware. [2]

Contents

History

The station began its operations in 1990 as WXPZ. It aired a Christian radio format under the brand The Light FM. [3]

On January 6, 2004, WXPZ changed its callsign to WNCL. [4] Initially, it aired an Oldies format under the brand Cool 101.3. Years later, it shifted to Classic Hits.

On February 5, 2019, Delmarva Broadcasting was sold to Forever Media. [5]

In late-October 2019, the station began stunting with a loop of the "Chicken Dance", and its Cool format and branding was moved to sister station WYUS. On November 1, 2019, the station officially flipped to country music as The Chicken 101.3. The branding is a nod to Delaware's poultry industry, and the station's airstaff use chicken-themed pseudonyms on-air, such as "The Rooster" and "Chickie" (in a similar manner to Froggy , a country music brand used extensively by Forever Media's other country stations). The station changed its calls to WCHK-FM to match the new branding (with the WNCL calls moving to WYUS). [6] [7] This makes Deleware the only Forever-media cluster that does not use “Froggy.”

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCHK-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Shupe, Bryan (December 15, 2010). "New Christian Radio Station On-Air". Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ "Forever Media Acquires Delmarva Broadcasting". RadioInsight. February 6, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ "'The Chicken' Hatches In Delaware; 'Woof Rock' Bares Its Teeth In Illinois". Insideradio.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Chicken 101.3 Debuts In Delaware". RadioInsight. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.


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