WHKX

For the Cleveland radio station which identified as WHKX from 1947 to 1948, see WMMS.

WHKX (106.3 FM) is a country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, Virginia, serving Bluefield, Tazewell, and Bland in Virginia and Bluefield and Princeton in West Virginia.^[1] WHKX is owned and operated by Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert, through licensee First Media Services, LLC.^[4]

WHKX

Bluefield, Virginia
Broadcast area	Bluefield, Virginia Tazewell, Virginia Bland, Virginia Bluefield, West Virginia Princeton, West Virginia
Frequency	106.3 MHz
Branding	Kicks Country
Programming
Format	Country[1]
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert (First Media Services, LLC)
Sister stations	WHAJ, WHIS, WHQX, WKEZ, WKOY-FM, WKQB, WKQR, WAMN, WELC
History
First air date	December 1966 (1966-12)
Former call signs	WOVE-FM (1966–1969) WKJC (1969–1974) WBDY (1974–1980) WBDY-FM (1980–1997) WHKX (1997–present)[2]
Call sign meaning	WH KiX (kicks)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6004
Class	A
Power	330 watts
HAAT	420 meters (1,380 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°15′5.0″N 81°11′20.0″W
Repeater(s)	107.7 WHQX (Gary, West Virginia)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kickscountry.com

History

106.3 FM in this region launched as WOVE-FM, the FM counterpart of WOVE (1340 AM), in 1966.^[5] In 1969, Kenneth J. Crosthwaite, who had owned WOVE, acquired the station, changed the call letters to WKJC and was approved to change its city of license from Welch, West Virginia, to Bluefield.^[6]