WKZP
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| City | West Ocean City, Maryland |
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| Broadcast area | Salisbury/Ocean City, Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware |
| Branding | KISS 95.9 |
| Slogan | Today's Hit Music |
| Frequency | 95.9 MHz |
| Format | Top 40 |
| ERP | 10,500 watts |
| HAAT | 143 meters (469 ft) |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 4674 |
| Former callsigns | WOSC (1994-2011) WWVV (1994) WKHI (1993-1994) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kiss959fm.com |
WKZP (95.9 FM) is a radio station serving Salisbury and Ocean City, Maryland, as well as Sussex County, Delaware. The station, known as "KISS 95-9," is licensed to West Ocean City, Maryland. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
WKZP programs a Top 40 format. It has previously been known as 95.9 THE SPORTS ANIMAL with a sports format, 96ROCK with an active rock format, 95.9 The Coast with a modern rock format, and originally as Stereo 96, WWTR-FM.
95.9 WWTR-FM signed on the air on June 20, 1974 as an adult contemporary/oldies station owned by J. Parker Connor of Connor Broadcasting. The studios were located on the second floor of the now Connor Jacobson Realty Building at the intersection of North Pennsylvania Avenue and Campbell Place in Bethany Beach, Delaware. The owner's son Brad Connor served as a disc jockey as early as age 15, later progressing to sales and eventually management of the radio station. He is currently the mayor of Dagsboro, Delaware.
In May 1981, the station was sold to Coastal Communications-Delaware Corporation for $1 million. The new owners changed to the Burkhart/Abrahams Superstars 1 Album Oriented Rock format four months later in September 1981 as "96 Rock - Delmarva's only Rock 'N Roll."
In early 1993 this station was sold to Benchmark Communications along with top-40 station WKHI from Ocean City, Maryland. Benchmark moved the top-40 programming and WKHI call letters down the dial to 95.9 FM to make room for the debut of Froggy 99.9 at 99.9 FM. 96 Rock disappeared from the airwaves of Delmarva Radio.
In September 2000 the station was sold to Clear Channel Communications. Two months later, the station added Don and Mike to afternoons.
WOSC is the former home of Mancow's Morning Madhouse which aired from 1999-2003. After dropping Mancow, the station added Elliot in the Morning (from sister station DC101) for a year. The stations once again changed its slogan, to "96 Rock, Elliot in the Morning and Don and Mike in the Afternoon." WOSC later decided to promote longtime air personality Jon "Whiskey" Wilson to the morning shift. Whiskey in the Morning lasted 15 months until September 2005. Then, WOSC decided to put Don and Mike on in the morning (tape delayed from the day before) and put Whiskey on in the afternoon.
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