WHKX

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WHKX
Broadcast areaBluefield, Virginia
Tazewell, Virginia
Bland, Virginia
Bluefield, West Virginia
Princeton, West Virginia
Frequency 106.3 MHz
BrandingKicks Country
Programming
Format Country [1]
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert
  • (First Media Services, LLC)
WHAJ, WHIS, WHQX, WKEZ, WKOY-FM
History
First air date
December 1966 (1966-12)
Former call signs
WOVE-FM (1966–1969)
WKJC (1969–1974)
WBDY (1974–1980)
WBDY-FM (1980–1997)
WHKX (1997–present) [2]
Call sign meaning
WHKiX (kicks)
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 6004
Class A
Power 330 watts
HAAT 420 meters (1,380 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°15′5.0″N81°11′20.0″W / 37.251389°N 81.188889°W / 37.251389; -81.188889
Repeater(s) 107.7 WHQX (Gary, West Virginia)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.kickscountry.com

WHKX (106.3 FM) is a country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, Virginia, serving Bluefield, Tazewell, and Bland in Virginia and Bluefield and Princeton in West Virginia. [1] WHKX is owned and operated by Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert, through licensee First Media Services, LLC. [4]

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History

106.3 FM in this region launched as WOVE-FM, the FM counterpart of WOVE (1340 AM), in 1966. [5] In 1969, Kenneth J. Crosthwaite, who had owned WOVE, acquired the station, changed the call letters to WKJC and was approved to change its city of license from Welch, West Virginia, to Bluefield. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHKX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "WHKX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "WOVE-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1968. p. B-181 (329). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ FCC History Cards for WHKX
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