"Oldies 104.3" redirects here. For the Detroit radio station formerly known as Oldies 104.3, see
WOMC
.
Radio station in New York, United States
WJKS
(104.3
MHz
) is a commercial
FM
radio station in the
Champlain Valley
of northern
New England
, in the United States. WJKS broadcasts a
country music
radio format, simulcast with 100.9
WWFY
in
Berlin, Vermont
. The two stations are owned by Great Eastern Radio. WJKS serves the
Burlington
?
Plattsburgh
media market
, while WWFY serves
Barre
?
Montpelier
.
History
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WWOD's logo from 2004 through 2012
Before it went on the air, the station first took the
call sign
WVFA on May 3, 1991, and changed to WGLV on June 14, 1991. It officially launched on March 15, 1992, with a
religious
format in
Hartford, Vermont
. On October 11, 2000, the station launched its WWOD call letters and changed its format to
oldies
as "Oldies 104.3".
In 2008, the station was granted a
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) construction permit to change its
city of license
from Hartford, Vermont, to
Keeseville, New York
, increasing its
effective radiated power
(ERP) to 25,000 watts and decreasing its tower's height above average terrain (HAAT) to 88 meters/289 feet, using a
directional antenna
located in
Au Sable, New York
.
On May 22, 2012, WWOD, along with 28 other Nassau Broadcasting stations in Northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by
Bill Binnie
(owner of
WBIN-TV
in
Derry
). WWOD and 11 of the other stations, were then acquire by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro. As this would put Shapiro over the
Federal Communications Commission
's ownership limits in the
Lebanon
-
Rutland
-
White River Junction
market, WWOD and
WEXP
were acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard.
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[5]
[6]
This transaction was consummated on November 30, 2012, with the WWOD/WEXP portion of the purchase valued at $600,000.
On November 30, 2012, WWOD went silent and swapped call signs with
WMXR
in
Woodstock, Vermont
.
[7]
On July 9, 2013, the call letters were again changed, to WMVY.
[8]
WMVY returned to the air on October 30, 2013, still operating from the Hartford facility.
[9]
The call letters became WECM on June 9, 2014.
[8]
On November 10, 2014, WECM began transmitting from its new Keeseville facilities stunting with Christmas music, branded as "Ho Ho 104". After the holiday season, the station continued to run the stunt.
Electromagnetic Company sold WECM to Jeffrey D. Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio, LLC in a transaction that was consummated on March 23, 2015. Electromagnetic received a 6.4% equity interest in Great Eastern Radio (valued at $250,000) in exchange.
Logo as "Kiss 104.3"
On June 15, 2015, at noon, after seven months of stunting, the station finally flipped to
classic hip hop
as "Kiss 104.3", with the new call sign WJKS.
[10]
On June 15, 2020, WJKS replaced the classic hip hop format with a simulcast of
WWFY
(100.9 FM), a co-owned country music station in Berlin, Vermont, under the "Froggy 104.3 & 100.9" branding.
[11]
References
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]
- ^
"Hartford"
(PDF)
.
Broadcasting Yearbook
. 2009. p. D-553 – via World Radio History.
- ^
"Call Sign History"
.
- ^
"Facility Technical Data for WJKS"
.
Licensing and Management System
.
Federal Communications Commission
.
- ^
"Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations"
.
All Access
. May 22, 2012
. Retrieved
May 22,
2012
.
- ^
Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012).
"Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results"
.
RadioInsight
. Retrieved
June 16,
2012
.
(updated June 14, 2012)
- ^
"Jeff Shapiro spins off two former Nassau FMs to "Electromagnetic"
"
.
Radio-Info.com
. June 15, 2012
. Retrieved
June 16,
2012
.
- ^
"Northern New England Change Rundown"
. December 2012.
- ^
a
b
"Call Sign History"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. Retrieved
June 9,
2014
.
- ^
"Resumption of Operations"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. November 1, 2013
. Retrieved
November 17,
2013
.
- ^
Classic Hip Hop Kisses Vermont
Radioinsight - June 15, 2015
- ^
Kiss Classic Hip-Hop Away As Country Simulcast Moves Onto WJKS
Radioinsight - June 15, 2020
External links
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