WKCI-FM

{{short description|Contemporary hit radio station in Hamden–New Haven, Connecticut}}

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| city = Hamden, Connecticut

| country = US

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| name = WKCI-FM

| logo = {{Photo montage

| photo1a = WKCI-FM KC101 logo.webp{{!}}KC 101 logo

| photo2a = WKCI-HD2 & W265DB-FM Logo.png{{!}}Logo for 100.9 The Beat (WKCI-HD2)

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| color = transparent

| spacing = 5

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| area = New Haven–Hartford–Bridgeport, Connecticut

| frequency = 101.3 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| rds =

| branding = KC101

| languages =

| format = Contemporary hit radio

| subchannels = HD2: 100.9 The Beat (Mainstream urban)

| network =

| affiliations = Premiere Networks

| owner = iHeartMedia

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| operator =

| sister_stations = {{hlist|WAVZ|WELI}}

| founded =

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1969|2|10}}

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| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WDEE-FM (1965–1966, CP)|WKCI (1966–1980)|WKCI-FM (1980)|WKCI (1980–2001)}}

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| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 11930

| class = B

| power =

| erp = {{val|12000|u=watts|fmt=commas}}

| haat = {{convert|279|m|ft|sp=us}}

| coordinates = {{coord|41.434|N|72.945|W|type:landmark_region:US-CT_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}

| translators = {{Radio Relay|100.9|W265DB|Milbrook|HD2}}

| repeaters =

| webcast = {{ubl|{{iHeartRadio|457}}|HD2: {{iHeartRadio|6766}}}}

| website = {{ubl|{{URL|kc101.iheart.com}}|HD2: {{URL|thebeatnewhaven.iheart.com}}}}

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WKCI-FM (101.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it serves New Haven and Hartford. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

The studios are in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden, where it shares facilities with sister stations WELI and WAVZ. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting with 12,000 watts{{cite web|url=http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=614940 |title=WKCI-FM : Call Sign History |website=Fccinfo.com |access-date=February 28, 2016}} from a {{convert|915|ft|m|adj=on}} tower, the equivalent of 50,000 watts at {{convert|500|ft|m}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProASRLookup.php?tabSearchType=ASR+Search&sASR=1216288&HorizAMSL=379&CallLetters=WKCI-FM |title=Antenna Structure Registration 1216288 |website=Fccinfo.com |access-date=February 28, 2016}} The station's transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to its current tower in 2003).{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100603700&formid=301&fac_num=11930 |title=CDBS Print |website=Licensing.fcc.gov |access-date=February 28, 2016}}

Throughout the 1980s, WKCI was an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. iHeartMedia also owns a talk station in Waynesboro, Virginia, which shares the call sign WKCI on AM 970.