WTKU-FM

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WTKU-FM
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Broadcast area Atlantic City, New Jersey
Frequency 98.3 MHz
BrandingKool 98-3
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerLongport Media LLC.
WBSS, WOND, WMGM-FM
History
First air date
September 27, 1982;41 years ago (1982-09-27)
Former call signs
  • WDVR (1982-1987)
  • WKTU (1987-1996)
  • WTKU (1996-2006)
  • WUSS (2006)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 3139
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kool983.com

WTKU-FM (98.3 FM) is a radio station in Atlantic City, New Jersey, known as "Kool 98-3," playing a classic hits format.

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History

98.3 FM signed on the air in July 1984 as WDVR and featured an AOR and CHR a.k.a. Rock 40 format. [3] In 1987 the station took WKTU as its call letters after New York City's 92.3 FM switched from WKTU to WXRK. on February 13, 1996, call letters were changed to WTKU so that the call letters WKTU would be returned to New York City on 103.5 FM.

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References

  1. Commercial Broadcast Stations Biennial Ownership Report (FCC Form 323) File Number:0000229022, Federal Communications Commission, submitted November 29, 2023. Accessed December 28, 2023. "3139 WTKU-FM PETERSBURG NJ FM"
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WTKU-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. Klein, Michael. "WDVR joins Shore radio scene", Courier-Post , July 4, 1984. Accessed December 28, 2023. "This week, three South Jerseyans started an FM station in Ocean City playing a mix of adult contemporary and Top 40 music. The FCC offered the call letters WDVR at 98 3 on the FM dial. 'That sounded good,' says Chuck Kramer of Atlantic City, who doubles as WDVR's morning disc jockey and general manager. The station is a 3.000-watt flea serving Atlantic and Cumberland counties, a crowded radio market with a dozen or so FM stations."

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