WTKS-FM
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| City of license | Cocoa Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Orlando Space Coast |
| Branding | Real Radio 104.1 |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 104.1 HD-2 for Urban "104.5 The Beat" |
| Translator(s) | 104.5 W283AN (Altamonte Springs, relays HD2) |
| First air date | 1962 (as WRKT-FM) |
| Format | Talk/Classic rock |
| ERP | 94,000 watts |
| HAAT | 487 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 53457 |
| Callsign meaning | W TalKS |
| Former callsigns | WRKT-FM (1962-1967) WKPE (1967-1977) WRKT (1977-1981) WSSP (1981-1992) WZTU (1/1992-5/1992) WHVE (5/1992-10/1992) WWNZ-FM (1992-1993) WTKS (1993-2002) |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WFLF, WJRR, WMGF, WRUM, WXXL, WYGM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | realradio.fm 1045thebeat.fm (HD2) |
WTKS-FM 104.1 is a radio station airing a hybrid talk radio/classic rock format. The station is licensed by the (U.S.) Federal Communications Commission to broadcast from Cocoa Beach, Florida (though the studio is located in Maitland, Florida), and serves mainly the Orlando and Central Florida areas. A transmitter tower is in Bithlo, Florida.
Programming
Most of the programs are designed to appeal to young adults. The nights and weekend programming is classic rock. Over the past six years, parent iHeartMedia, Inc. has picked shows from this station to be a part of XM Radio's Extreme XM channel 152.[citation needed]
WTKS broadcasts an urban contemporary format, branded as "104.5 The Beat", on its HD2 subchannel, which is also simulcast on translator W283AN (104.5 FM).
History
WTKS held an annual "Kicks for Guns" program in association with the Orlando Police Department where citizens could exchange guns, no questions asked, for shoes. The program made international headlines when the 2007 exchange netted a rocket launcher.[1]
WTKS HD-2 originally aired a simulcast of WFLF, and their HD-3 subchannel aired a simulcast of WYGM. WTKS stopped simulcasting WYGM on their HD-3 subchannel on May 6, 2012, with the WYGM simulcast moving to WJRR HD-2, resulting in the demise of "Channel X". On February 12, 2014, the WFLF simulcast moved from 104.5 FM (W283AN) to 102.5 FM (W273CA) (displacing smooth jazz), and WTKS-HD2 flipped to its current urban format as "The Beat."
Previous shows
SBK Live originally aired from 7:00pm to 11:00pm Monday thru Friday. After the show was cancelled Soul Brother Kevin moved back as a member of the The Monsters in the Morning show.[citation needed]
The Buckethead Show with Buckethead (Jason Bailey). It originally aired from 11:00am to 3:00pm Monday thru Friday. After the show was cancelled on June 26, 2013 Bailey went to CBS O&O 92.9 The Game in Atlanta to co-host The Morning Grind with Randy Cross and Kristen Ledlow.[2]
Footnotes
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- ↑ Jason Bailey Joins 92-9 The Game/Atlanta Morning Show (Retrieved AllAccess.com)
External links
- WTKS official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WTKS
- Radio-Locator information on WTKS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTKS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W283AN
- Radio-Locator information on W283AN
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