WKOS

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Field	Value
name	WKOS
logo	File:WKOS NASHIcon104.9 logo.png
city	Kingsport, Tennessee
country	US
area	Tri-Cities, Tennessee
branding	104.9 Nash Icon
frequency	104.9 MHz
airdate
format	Country
erp	2,750 watts
haat	150 meters
class	A
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	67674
former_callsigns
owner	Cumulus Media
licensee	Radio License Holding CBC, LLC
sister_stations	WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM
webcast	Listen Live
website	1049nashicon.com
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WKOS (104.9 FM), branded as "104.9 Nash Icon", is a radio station serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, area with country music. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

History

WGAT-FM began broadcasting on January 21, 1970, as the FM sister station of WGAT AM. It changed calls to WZXY on October 14, 1981, and changed to its current callsign on July 1, 1991. and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.

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On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9". On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "Nash FM 104.9". On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon".

Sports coverage

In 2007, the East Tennessee State University men's basketball Team moved its games from WJCW to WKOS. This marked the first time the team was heard on FM radio. This has since been moved to AM 640 WXSM, a sister station.

Pirate radio station "WKOS" in Maine

In 1967, the phone hacker Captain Crunch created a radio station called WKOS [W-"chaos"], a pirate station in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, but had to shut it down when a licensed radio station, WDME, objected.

References

"Call Sign History".
(1970-02-22). "New FM Radio Station". Kingsport Times-News.
In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an [[album-oriented rock]] station branded "Y105". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed its to [[Contemporary Hit Radio. CHR]]/[[Mainstream Top 40. Top 40]]. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s, the format was [[oldies]] under its new callsign WKOS,[http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/wkosfm.aspx Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM] Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/55838/great-country-comes-to-kingsport/ Great Country Comes To Kingsport]
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/84100/cumulus-nashfm-expansion-continues/ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues]
[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/92787/wkos-shifts-from-nash-to-nash-icon/ WKOS Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon]
[http://www.staatalent.com/Headlines/07/0707/072707ETSU.htm ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO] Retrieved on 2009-03-26.

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