WKZA

WKZA (106.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary/Contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Lakewood, New York, United States, the station serves the Jamestown, New York area. The station is currently owned by MediaOne Radio Group.[1]

For the now-defunct station known for most of its life as WKZA, see WQLE.
WKZA
CityLakewood, New York
Broadcast areaJamestown NY area
Frequency106.9 MHz
BrandingKISS FM
SloganToday's Best Music
Programming
FormatContemporary hit radio
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
OwnerMediaOne Radio Group
(Media One Group II, LLC)
WJTN
History
First air date
September 5, 2000 (as WKSQ-FM)
Former call signs
WKSQ-FM (2000-2000)
Call sign meaning
KinzuA
tribute to WKZA (AM)
Kisz
Technical information
Facility ID48736
ClassB1
ERP5,100 watts
HAAT225.0 meters (738.2 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°57′31″N 79°16′11″W
Links
Websitewjtn.com/on-air/wkza-106-9-fm

History

The station originally intended to sign on as WKSQ-FM, as FCC records dated September 5, 2000 indicate. On October 9, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current WKZA,[2] the call sign made popular by a now-defunct AM station in nearby Kane, Pennsylvania. However, the station did not sign on until late November 2000.

The station's first format was a stunt, airing continuous Christmas music. Soon after, the station "officially" signed on with its format of KISS-FM hit radio, which it has maintained ever since.

As an independently owned station, WKZA sometimes leaned toward hot adult contemporary, thus overlapping and competing against WWSE, the established adult-contemporary station in Jamestown. MediaOne Group, owners of WWSE, purchased WKZA from its owners Cross Country Communications in August 2018, closing on its deal October 31 of that year.[3] With the change, each station received a clear focus: WKZA would serve as a pure top-40 outlet, WWSE would stay with hot adult contemporary, while gold-based soft adult contemporary would move to AM/FM outlet WJTN. WKZA temporary morning host Kyle Lewis was retained in the purchase, moving to afternoons, and Andrew Hill and Noel Blackhall began doing the morning show separate from their afternoon program on sister station WWSE.

Ryan Seacrest hosts the midday shift, Direct from Hollywood and still airs AT40 on the weekend. The Rendezvous love program airs from 8-10pm each weeknight with Simon Marcel. The station's syndicated programming includes the Top 30 Remix with Hollywood Hamilton and Slow Jams' with R. Dub.

References
  1. "WKZA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WKZA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Fybush, Scott (August 20, 2018). NERW 8/20/18: Media One Grows in Jamestown. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 20, 2018.


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