WKHX

WKHX-FM

City	Marietta, Georgia
Broadcast area	North Atlanta
Branding	Kicks 101.5
Slogan	Atlanta's Number 1 For Country
Frequency	101.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.5 HD-2 for a mix of Country and Southern Rock
First air date	1968 (as WBIE-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	329 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	73161
Transmitter coordinates	33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W / 33.80722; -84.33944Coordinates: 33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W / 33.80722; -84.33944
Callsign meaning	KHX = "Kicks"
Former callsigns	WBIE-FM (1968–1981) WKHX (1981–1987)
Affiliations	Cumulus Media Networks, Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC)
Sister stations	WYAY, WWWQ, WNNX, W255CJ, W250BC
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live via iHeart
Website	kicks1015.com

WKHX-FM, known as "Kicks 101.5", is an Atlanta FM radio station that plays country music. Its city of license is Marietta, Georgia. It is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located in Sandy Springs near the Georgia Highway 400 and Interstate 285 interchange, and transmits from a site in unincorporated DeKalb County, just west of Emory University.

Prior to becoming WKHX, 101.5 was country music station WBIE-FM (debuting in 1959). It was a companion to AM station WBIE 1080 kHz (later WCOB). The station manager at the time, James M. Wilder, has a technology laboratory building named after him at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta. "Kicks" debuted in 1981 after Capital Cities Communications purchased the station. WKHX used to simulcast on AM 590, which is now Radio Disney. In 1995, ABC bought then rival country station WYAY 106.7, which is now "All News 106.7". The station was acquired by Citadel Broadcasting in 2007, and became a Cumulus Media station after that company purchased Citadel in 2011. In October 2011, WKHX changed its format from playing only "new country" music to mixing in older hits from the 1990s to the present.

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