WKKI

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WKKI
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Broadcast area Lima, Ohio
Frequency 94.3 MHz
BrandingK94 Rocks
Programming
Format Active rock
Affiliations Cleveland Browns Radio Network
Cincinnati Reds Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerThe Sonshine Communications Corporation
History
First air date
December 18, 1960 (as WMER)
Former call signs
WMER (1960–1978)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60848
Class A
Power 5,200 watts
HAAT 108 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 40°33′8.00″N84°30′46.00″W / 40.5522222°N 84.5127778°W / 40.5522222; -84.5127778
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website k943.com

WKKI (94.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Celina, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Lima area. The station is currently owned by The Sonshine Communications Corporation. [2]

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In December 2006, the station changed to its classic hits format from its former adult contemporary format. [3]

History

The station was founded in 1960 as WMER, a reference to MERcer County, making it the county's first commercial radio station, transmitting with only 740 watts from its studios located above The Celina Music Store at 128 West Fayette Street in downtown Celina. The music store's owner at the time was also the original owner of WMER. As the weak signal and short transmitting tower in back of the music store barely covered Mercer County with neighboring Auglaize County being the fringe area, there was a demand for a more powerful station, hence WCSM AM and FM later emerged as a competitor in 1964 along with the former WERM located west of Wapakoneta at Moulton (which is now WFGF "The Frog" with studios in Lima.) The Fayette Street studios remain in use today.

The station changed ownership several different times during the 1970s; it was a sister station to WDRK in Greenville (now WTKD) from 1968 until 1972 under the ownership of Lee Rutherford and Ron Rumley airing Drake-Chenault's "Hitparade" adult contemporary automation tapes. Later in that same year, the station was later owned by the Hildebrand family (as WMER Incorporated) and played Top 40 music. Scott Hillebrand (air name: Scott Allen) managed the station and was chief DJ. Despite the owner's good intentions, it fell into receivership in 1973 (possibly due to financial problems coupled with its then-low power signal and limited coverage area), prompting a sale. A group of area business people formed a partnership called Grand Lake Broadcasting in an effort to purchase the station and tentatively move it to a newer building on State Route 703 near Grand Lake St. Marys and apply for a power increase with a more efficient tower but the deal fell through with the partnership quickly dissolved. By the spring of 1974 it was finally sold, with the new owners Keith and Jackie Balfour (previously with WCSM) flipping the format to adult standards. 1978 brought another ownership change, this time being Michigan-based Mid-America Radio Inc. with another format change (to country music), and a change in calls to WKKI. The "K-94" nickname was first used for the country format until 1979, which brought yet another format change, to a soft AC daytime/album oriented rock nighttime mix. In 1979 the station was finally upgraded to a much more powerful 3,000 watts and the transmitter moved to a higher tower near the West Ohio Branch Campus of Wright State University at Grand Lake St. Marys (which is also the transmitting tower of W17AA, the Celina translator of Dayton's public television station WPTD). The station switched to a full-time album-oriented rock format in 1983 by a new owner, Cage Media, headed up by Chris Cage, a former WING "Lively Guy" and University of Dayton graduate. The station was heavily involved with bringing concerts to the Ohio Theater in Lima. The format also gave the station opportunities to promote major concerts at other venues. Branded as "94-KKI", the AOR format lasted until early 1983 when the K-94 branding was revived and used, this time as the local affiliate of Transtar, one of the first satellite format programming services, again airing Adult Contemporary music. The K-94 branding remains today under its present owner with a mix of classic and contemporary rock and roll as its current format in addition to local high school sports coverage.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKKI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WKKI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WKKI Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
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