WKCI-FM

WKCI-FM (101.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it serves the New Haven and Bridgeport areas. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

WKCI-FM
CityHamden, Connecticut
Broadcast areaNew Haven/Bridgeport, Connecticut
Frequency101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingKC101
Slogan
  • Connecticut's #1 Hit Music Station
  • HD2: New Haven's Hip Hop & R&B
Programming
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
Subchannels
Affiliations
Ownership
OwneriHeartMedia, Inc.
(iHM Licenses, LLC)
WAVZ, WELI
History
First air date
February 10, 1969 (1969-02-10)
Former call signs
  • WKCI (October 1966-February 1980)
  • WKCI-FM (February-December 1980)
  • WKCI (December 1980-November 2001)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11930
ClassB
ERP12,000 watts
HAAT279 meters (915 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41.434°N 72.945°W / 41.434; -72.945
Translator(s)HD2: 100.9 W265DB (Milbrook)
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebcastListen Live
HD2: Listen Live
Website

The studios are located in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden, where it shares facilities with sister stations WELI and WAVZ. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting with 12,000 watts[1] from a 915-foot tower (The equivalent of 50,000 watts at 500 feet).[2] The transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to its current tower in 2003).[3]

Throughout the 1980s, WKCI is an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top-40 Countdown. WKCI-FM began broadcasts in HD Radio in December 2004.[4] Its HD2 signal airs a mainstream urban format, providing a second option to WZMX, and is simulcast on FM translator W265DB at 100.9 MHz, known as "100.9 The Beat."[5] 100.9 The Beat signed on the air at 12:00 a.m. on June 23, 2015. The HD3 signal simulcasts sister station 960 AM WELI, which airs a talk radio format. iHeartMedia, Inc.. also owns a talk station in Waynesboro, Virginia which shares the call sign WKCI at AM 970.

References
  1. "WKCI-FM : Call Sign History". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. "Antenna Structure Registration 1216288". Fccinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  3. "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. radioinsight.com (June 23, 2015)
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