City | Hyden, Kentucky |
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Broadcast area | Hazard, Kentucky |
Slogan | "All Hit Radio" |
Frequency | 97.9 FM (MHz) |
Format | CHR |
Power | 25,000 watts |
HAAT | 346 meters |
Class | C3 |
Facility ID | 37110 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°11′36″N 83°11′04″W / 37.19333°N 83.18444°W |
Former callsigns | WZQQ |
Owner | Leslie County Broadcasting, Inc. |
Webcast | Listen Live |
WKIC (97.9 FM) is a radio station operated by Leslie County Broadcasting with studios on Main Street in Hazard, Kentucky. It airs a CHR music format. The legendary call sign of WKIC has been heard on the AM dial for over 60 years. WKIC-FM began broadcasting at 96.5 in the 1950s. Shortly afterwards WKIC-FM moved to 94.1. In 1964 WKIC began broadcasting on 101.1. The call sign was changed to WSGS in 1970. WKIC returned to the FM dial in 2009 at 97.9.
The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since August 24, 2009.