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Radio station in Winchester–Lexington, Kentucky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WKQQ (100.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Winchester, Kentucky, serving Lexington and the greater Central Kentucky area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a classic rock format.[3]
WKQQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts. The transmitter is on Russell Cave Road near Huffman Mill Pike, amid the towers for other Lexington-area FM and TV stations.[4] The studios and offices are on Main Street in Lexington.
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WKDJ began broadcasting from Winchester on October 2, 1974.[5] It was originally owned by Clark Communications Company, a business of David Greenlee.[6]
WKDJ left the air in December 1980. Its country music format was replaced in late February 1981 by WFMI, owned by the Cromwell Group and featuring Top 40 music.[7][8] WFMI and WHRS (1380 AM) were then sold to Premier Broadcast Corporation of Albany, New York, in 1988.[9] Coinciding with a planned power increase from 3,000 to 50,000 watts, the station switched to classic rock in February 1989 and rebranded as WLFX "Fox 100".[10]
Premier placed itself in receivership in 1991. Hancock Communications of Nashville acquired the pair the next year with plans to sell both facilities to other companies: while buyers were lined up for both stations, WLFX began simulcasting WHRS and its new soft adult contemporary format.[11] As a result of the sale action, the 100.1 station changed hands in rapid succession, being purchased by Trumper Communications in 1993. Trumper relocated the transmitter facility to Lexington,[12] and upon taking over, the format was changed to country as "Young Country" WWYC, competing with market leader WVLK-FM.[13]
Trumper Communications's three-station Lexington cluster was acquired by Jacor in 1996.[14]
In 1998, Jacor effectuated a format swap between two of its stations. The country music format on WWYC was moved to 98.1, where it was relaunched as WBUL-FM "The Bull", while WKQQ's call sign and programming moved to 100.1 MHz.[15] The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since February 4, 1998.[1] Later that year, Jacor was purchased by Clear Channel Communications (forerunner to iHeartMedia) for $2.8 billion.[16]
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