WKOS

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WKOS
Broadcast area Tri-Cities, Tennessee
Frequency 104.9 MHz
Branding104.9 Nash Icon
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM
History
First air date
January 21, 1970 (1970-01-21)
Former call signs
  • WGAT-FM (1979–1981)
  • WZXY (1981–1991) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 67674
Class A
ERP 2,750 watts
HAAT 150 meters (490 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1049nashicon.com

WKOS (104.9 FM), branded as "104.9 Nash Icon", is a radio station serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, area with country music. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

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History

WGAT-FM began broadcasting on January 21, 1970, as the FM sister station of WGAT AM. [3] It changed calls to WZXY on October 14, 1981, and changed to its current callsign on July 1, 1991. [1] In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an album-oriented rock station branded "Y105". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed its to CHR/Top 40. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s, the format was oldies under its new callsign WKOS, [4] [ citation needed ] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.

WKOS's logo under previous "Nash FM" branding WKOS (Nash FM 104.9) logo.png
WKOS's logo under previous "Nash FM" branding

On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9". [5] On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "Nash FM 104.9". [6] On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon". [7]

Sports coverage

In 2007, the East Tennessee State University men's basketball Team moved its games from WJCW to WKOS. This marked the first time the team was heard on FM radio. This has since been moved to AM 640 WXSM, a sister station. [8]

Pirate radio station "WKOS" in Maine

In 1967, the phone hacker Captain Crunch created a radio station called WKOS [W-"chaos"], a pirate station in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, but had to shut it down when a licensed radio station, WDME, objected. [ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History" . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "New FM Radio Station". Kingsport Times-News. February 22, 1970. p. 11-A. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  4. ↑ Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
  5. ↑ Great Country Comes To Kingsport
  6. ↑ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues
  7. ↑ WKOS Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon
  8. ↑ ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO Retrieved on 2009-03-26.

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