WKSQ

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WKSQ
Broadcast area Bangor; Down East
Frequency 94.5 MHz
BrandingKiss FM
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
WBAK, WBFB, WBFE, WBKA, WTOS, WTUX, WVOM-FM
History
First air date
May 27, 1982;43 years ago (1982-05-27)
Call sign meaning
"Kiss"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 341
Class B
ERP 11,500 watts
HAAT 313 meters (1,027 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°39′31.2″N68°36′15.1″W / 44.658667°N 68.604194°W / 44.658667; -68.604194 (WKSQ)
Repeater 102.5  WQSS (Camden)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.kissfm.net
Simulcast
WQSK
Broadcast area Skowhegan; Farmington
Frequency 97.5 MHz
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
WABK-FM, WTOS-FM, WVQM
History
First air date
November 29, 1989;35 years ago (1989-11-29)
Former call signs
  • WHAA (1989–1995)
  • WIGY (1995–2013)
Call sign meaning
similar to WKSQ
Technical information [2]
Facility ID 28684
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°47′32.2″N69°58′8.2″W / 44.792278°N 69.968944°W / 44.792278; -69.968944 (WQSK)
Links
Public license information

WKSQ (94.5 MHz "Kiss-FM") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ellsworth, Maine, and serving the Bangor metropolitan area. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. WKSQ is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. [3]

Former logo used from February 24, 2014, through August 31, 2018 Kiss-FM logo.png
Former logo used from February 24, 2014, through August 31, 2018

Programming is simulcast in the Skowhegan / Farmington areas on WQSK (97.5 FM) in Madison, which was formerly part of Fox Sports Maine. In the Mid Coast area, WKSQ is simulcast on WQSS (102.5 FM) in Camden, which formerly offered its own adult contemporary format. [4] [5]

WKSQ used to carry Maine Black Bears sports, sharing flagship status of the Black Bear Sports Network with WAEI; football and men's hockey games were aired on the station. [6] In morning drive time, WKSQ carries a syndicated program, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show . [7] The station's previous morning show was Mike & Mike in the Morning (a local program featuring Mike Dow and Mike Elliot, unrelated to the similarly-named program on ESPN Radio); previous evening programing included Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh .

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKSQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WQSK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WKSQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (February 24, 2014). "Blueberry Creates Maine AC Trimulcast". Radio Insight. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wolf, Chris (February 21, 2014). "Radio's Midcoast 102.5 slips away". Penobscot Bay Pilot. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Mahoney, Larry (June 14, 2011). "KISS 94.5 FM to join WAEI in broadcasting Maine games". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Kiss FM WKSQ".


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