WKSQ

{{Short description|Radio station in Ellsworth, Maine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{update|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKSQ

| logo = Kiss-FM Logo (As Of September 1, 2018).png

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Ellsworth, Maine

| country = US

| area = Bangor; Down East

| branding = Kiss FM

| frequency = 94.5 MHz

| airdate = {{start date and age|1982|05|27}}

| format = Adult contemporary

| erp = 11,500 watts

| haat = {{convert|313|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 341

| coordinates = {{coord|44|39|31.2|N|68|36|15.1|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=WKSQ|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = "Kiss"

| former_callsigns =

| owner = Blueberry Broadcasting

| licensee = Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC

| affiliations = Westwood One

| sister_stations = WBAK, WBFB, WBFE, WBKA, WTOS, WTUX, WVOM-FM

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/7322}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.kissfm.net/}}

| repeaters = {{Radio Relay|102.5|WQSS|Camden}}

| embed_header = Simulcast

| embedded =

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WQSK

| city = Madison, Maine

| country = US

| area = Skowhegan; Farmington

| frequency = 97.5 MHz

| owner = Blueberry Broadcasting

| licensee = Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC

| operator =

| sister_stations = WABK-FM, WTOS-FM, WVQM

| founded =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|11|29}}

| last_airdate =

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WHAA (1989–1995)|WIGY (1995–2013)}}

| former_frequencies =

| callsign_meaning = similar to WKSQ

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 28684

| class = A

| erp = 6,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|100|m|ft|sp=us}}

| coordinates = {{coord|44|47|32.2|N|69|58|8.2|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=WQSK}}

| translators =

| repeaters =

| child = yes

}}

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WKSQ (94.5 MHz "Kiss-FM") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ellsworth, Maine, and serving the Bangor metropolitan area. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. WKSQ is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKSQ |title=WKSQ Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

File:Kiss-FM logo.png

Programming is simulcast in the Skowhegan / Farmington areas on WQSK (97.5 FM) in Madison, which was formerly part of Fox Sports Maine. In the Mid Coast area, WKSQ is simulcast on WQSS (102.5 FM) in Camden, which formerly offered its own adult contemporary format.{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Blueberry Creates Maine AC Trimulcast|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87801/blueberry-creates-maine-ac-trimulcast/|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Radio Insight|date=February 24, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Wolf|first=Chris|title=Radio's Midcoast 102.5 slips away|url=http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/radio-s-midcoast-1025-slips-away/29204|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Penobscot Bay Pilot|date=February 21, 2014}}

WKSQ used to carry Maine Black Bears sports, sharing flagship status of the Black Bear Sports Network with WAEI; football and men's hockey games were aired on the station.{{cite news|last=Mahoney|first=Larry|title=KISS 94.5 FM to join WAEI in broadcasting Maine games|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/14/sports/kiss-94-5-fm-to-join-waei-in-broadcasting-maine-games/|access-date=February 6, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=June 14, 2011}} In morning drive time, WKSQ carries a syndicated program, The Bob and Sheri Show. The station's previous morning show was Mike & Mike in the Morning (a local program featuring Mike Dow and Mike Elliot, unrelated to the similarly-named program on ESPN Radio); previous evening programing included Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh.