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| Broadcast area | Tri-Cities, Tennessee |
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| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Branding | 104.9 Nash Icon |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1979 (as WGAT-FM) |
Former call signs | WGAT-FM (1979-1981) WZXY (1981-1991)[1] |
Call sign meaning | cite |
| 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.
History
This station was WGAT-FM March 13, 1979. 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 AOR station under their nickname "The New Y105, FM Rock". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed formats from AOR to CHR/Top 40. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s, the format was an Oldies under its new callsign WKOS, the new slogan was "Good Times Great Oldies! Oldies 104.9, WKOS".[3] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "The New Great Country 104.9 WKOS".[4] On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "The New Nash FM 104.9".[5] On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "Nash Icon 104.9".[6]
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.[7]
Previous logo
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(WKOS's logo under previous "Nash FM" branding)
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.
References
- 1 2 "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ Great Country Comes To Kingsport
- ↑ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues
- ↑ WKOS Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon
- ↑ ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
External links
- WKOS official website
- WKOS in the FCC FM station database
- WKOS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- A commercial for WZXY ("Y-105") from 1982
- One of the commercials for WZXY, as a Top 40 station