WCHK-FM

WCHK-FM (101.3 FM, "The Chicken 101.3") is a radio station licensed to Milford, Delaware. Owned by Forever Media, it broadcasts a country music format serving Dover, Delaware.^[2]

WCHK-FM

Milford, Delaware
Broadcast area	Dover, Delaware
Frequency	101.3 MHz
Branding	The Chicken 101.3
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAFL WAVD WNCL WXDE
History
First air date	1990 (as WXPZ)
Former call signs	WXPZ (1990–2004) WNCL (2004–2019)
Call sign meaning	CHicKen
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58763
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	93.5 meters (306.8 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	38°51′22.1″N 75°28′57.8″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Chicken 101.3 Online

History

The station began its operations in 1990 as WXPZ. It aired a Christian radio format under the brand The Light FM.^[3]

On January 6, 2004, WXPZ changed its callsign to WNCL.^[4] Initially, it aired an Oldies format under the brand Cool 101.3. Years later, it shifted to Classic Hits.

On February 5, 2019, Delmarva Broadcasting was sold to Forever Media.^[5]

In late-October 2019, the station began stunting with a loop of the "Chicken Dance", and its Cool format and branding was moved to sister station WYUS. On November 1, 2019, the station officially flipped to country music as The Chicken 101.3. The branding is a nod to Delaware's poultry industry, and the station's airstaff use chicken-themed pseudonyms on-air, such as "The Rooster" and "Chickie" (in a similar manner to Froggy, a country music brand used extensively by Forever Media's other country stations). The station changed its calls to WCHK-FM to match the new branding (with the WNCL calls moving to WYUS).^[6][7] This makes Deleware the only Forever-media cluster that does not use “Froggy.”