WTKS-FM
 
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| City | Cocoa Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area |
Greater Orlando Space Coast |
| Branding | Real Radio 104.1 |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 104.1 HD-2 for Urban "104.5 The Beat" |
| Translator(s) | 104.5 W283AN (Altamonte Springs, relays HD2) |
| First air date | 1962 (as WRKT-FM) |
| Format | Talk/Classic rock |
| ERP | 94,000 watts |
| HAAT | 487 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 53457 |
| Callsign meaning | W TalKS |
| Former callsigns | WRKT-FM (1962-1967) WKPE (1967-1977) WRKT (1977-1981) WSSP (1981-1992) WZTU (1/1992-5/1992) WHVE (5/1992-10/1992) WWNZ-FM (1992-1993) WTKS (1993-2002) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WFLF, WJRR, WMGF, WRUM, WXXL, WYGM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website |
realradio.fm 1045thebeat.fm (HD2) |
WTKS-FM is a radio station serving the Orlando and Central Florida areas, airing a hybrid talk radio/classic rock format. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and licensed by the (U.S.) Federal Communications Commission to broadcast from Cocoa Beach, Florida (though the studio is located in Maitland, Florida). WTKS-FM's transmission tower is in Bithlo, Florida.
Most of the programs are designed to appeal to young adults. The nights and weekend programming is classic rock. Over the past six years, parent iHeartMedia has picked shows from this station to be a part of XM Radio's Extreme XM channel 152.
WTKS broadcasts an urban contemporary format, branded as "104.5 The Beat", on its HD2 subchannel, which is also simulcast on translator W283AN (104.5 FM).
104.1 FM began operations in 1962 as WRKT-FM with an automated jazz format, and was the sister station to WRKT-AM (now WKQK). The station was owned by C. Sweet Smith. In 1967, the station changed formats to progressive rock with the new calls WKPE; the station was initially automated, but eventually added more live announcers. WKPE reverted to the WRKT calls in 1977 with a Top 40 format as "Rocket 104," then shifting its format to Adult Contemporary in 1980.
Guy Gannett purchased WRKT-FM in 1981 with the intent of upgrading the 30,000-watt station to 100,000 watts from a new tower near Bithlo and serve the Orlando market. The calls were changed that year to WSSP. A beautiful music format was planned, but WSSP initially adopted a country format as "Brevard's Stereo Country 104." The country format was a temporary measure until the upgrade of the station's signal could be finalized.
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