WJKS (FM)
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| City | Keeseville, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Champlain Valley |
| Branding | 104.3 Kiss FM |
| Slogan | The Champlain Valley's Classic Hip-Hop Station |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz |
| First air date | March 15, 1992 |
| Format | Classic hip hop |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 88 meters |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 20606 |
| Callsign meaning | W J KisS |
| Former callsigns | WVFA (1991-1991) WGLV (1991–2000) WWOD (2000–2012) WMXR (2012–2013) WMVY (2013–2014) WECM (2014-2015) WJKS (2015-present) |
| Owner | Jeffrey D. Shapiro (Great Eastern Radio, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KissVermont.com |
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 Classic hip-hop radio format.
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. Even though WJKS is licensed to a community in New York State, its web address is "KissVermont.com". WJKS serves the Burlington-Plattsburgh media market.
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". 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. This transaction was consummated on November 30, 2012, with the WWOD/WEXP portion of the purchase valued at $600,000.
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