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City | Hamden, Connecticut | |||
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Broadcast area | New Haven/Hartford/Bridgeport, Connecticut | |||
Branding | FM/HD1: KC101 HD2: 100.9 The Beat |
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Slogan | FM/HD1: Connecticut's #1 Hit Music Station HD2: New Haven's New #1 for Hip Hop and R&B |
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Frequency | 101.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) | |||
Translator(s) | 100.9 W265DB, Millbrook (relays HD2) | |||
First air date | February 10, 1969 | |||
Format | FM/HD1: Top 40 (CHR) HD2: Mainstream Urban HD3: WELI simulcast |
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ERP | 12,000 watts | |||
HAAT | 279 meters (915 ft) | |||
Class | B | |||
Facility ID | 11930 | |||
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Premium Choice iHeartRadio |
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Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC) |
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Webcast | FM/HD1: Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) HD2: Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
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Website | FM/HD1: kc101.com HD2: thebeatnewhaven.com |
WKCI-FM (101.3 MHz, "KC101") is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it primarily serves the New Haven metropolitan area, but it also secondarily serves the Hartford and Bridgeport areas. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
The studios are located in Radio Towers Park at 495 Benham Street in Hamden, Connecticut. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting at 12,000 watts from a 625-foot tower (The equivalent of 50,000 watts at 500 feet). The transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden, Connecticut near the Channel 8 WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to this tower in 2003).
WKCI-FM also broadcasts in HD Radio. Its HD2 signal airs an mainstream urban format which is simulcast on FM translator W265DB at 100.9 MHz, known as "100.9 The Beat." 100.9 The Beat signed on the air at midnight on June 23, 2015. The HD-3 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.