WKOS
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WKOS
| logo = File:WKOS NASHIcon104.9 logo.png
| city = Kingsport, Tennessee
| area = Tri-Cities, Tennessee
| branding = 104.9 Nash Icon
| frequency = 104.9 MHz
| airdate = 1979 (as WGAT-FM)
| format = Country
| erp = 2,750 watts
| haat = {{convert|150|meters}}
| class = A
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 67674
| callsign_meaning =
cite | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WGAT-FM (1979–1981)|WZXY (1981–1991){{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67674&Callsign=WKOS |title=Call Sign History |access-date=February 27, 2024}}}}
| affiliations =
| owner = Cumulus Media
| licensee = Radio License Holding CBC, LLC
| sister_stations = WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM
| webcast = [http://wkos.tunegenie.com/tophits/#listenlive Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.1049nashicon.com/ 1049nashicon.com]
}}
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
This station was assigned the call sign WGAT-FM on March 13, 1979. It changed calls to WZXY on October 14, 1981, and changed to its current callsign on July 1, 1991. 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 CHR/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.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
File:WKOS (Nash FM 104.9) logo.png
On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/55838/great-country-comes-to-kingsport/ Great Country Comes To Kingsport] On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "Nash FM 104.9".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/84100/cumulus-nashfm-expansion-continues/ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues] On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon".[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/92787/wkos-shifts-from-nash-to-nash-icon/ WKOS Shifts From Nash to 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.[http://www.staatalent.com/Headlines/07/0707/072707ETSU.htm ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO] Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
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.
{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.1049nashicon.com/ WKOS official website]
- {{FM station data|67674|WKOS}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQsrxgXxOA A commercial for WZXY ("Y-105") from 1982]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6MiST5S_Oo One of the commercials for WZXY, as a Top 40 station]
{{Tri-Cities TN / VA Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Tennessee}}
{{Cumulus Media}}
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