WOKZ (FM)

WOKZ 105.9 FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Fairfield, Illinois, the station is owned by The Original Company, Inc.^[3]

WOKZ

Fairfield, Illinois
Frequency	105.9 FM (MHz)
Branding	Real Country 105.9
Programming
Format	Country music
Ownership
Owner	The Original Company, Inc.
Sister stations	WFIW, WFIW-FM
History
First air date	September 1996[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71164
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	WOKZ's website

History

The station began broadcasting in September 1996, airing a country music format.^[1][4][5] The station was originally owned by David Land's Wayne County Broadcasting Co.^[5][6] In 2012, Land sold WOKZ, along with WFIW and WFIW-FM, to The Original Company for $962,766.67.^[6][7]

The call letters WOKZ-FM were previously assigned to a station in Alton, Illinois; it began broadcasting in 1948 on 99.9 MHz.^[8]