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WKXJ

Walden, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Chattanooga metropolitan area
Frequency	103.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	103.7 KISS FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Subchannels	HD2: Christian radio
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	WLND WRXR-FM WUSY
History
First air date	June 23, 1964 (1964-06-23)
Former call signs	WHNR (1964–74) WBMC-FM (1974–86) WTRZ-FM (1986–2007) WKZP (2007–08) WURV (2008–09)
Call sign meaning	"Kiss FM"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	14735
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	89 meters (292 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°07′34″N 85°17′24″W / 35.126°N 85.290°W / 35.126; -85.290
Translator(s)	HD2: 99.9 W260AJ (Ringgold, Georgia) HD2: 104.7 W284AE (Chattanooga)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/kisschattanooga

WKXJ (103.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Walden, Tennessee, United States, and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area. The station operates a Top 40 (CHR) music format and is branded as "103.7 KISS FM." It is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located on Old Lee Road in Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Red Bank.

Station history

The 103.7 frequency is a newly assigned signal to the area, where it relocated from McMinnville, Tennessee and had been at 103.9 MHz, where its previous format was Country, now relocated to sister station WTRZ. But before WTRZ played country music as "Hot Country 103.7," the station, known as "Z-104" during the mid-1980s to early 1990s, was a mix of Adult contemporary, AOR, and CHR. As WBMC in the early 1980s aired an adult contemporary format. The move to Chattanooga had been in the works since 2003. In a statement from the online website The Chattanoogan on June 18, 2008, Clear Channel VP/Market Manager Mark Bass said, "This is going to be a carefully researched radio station that reaches a huge number of listeners in the Chattanooga area with a unique format that is not in this market anywhere, and something new and unique to the country, we're taking it first step forward."

On June 23, 2008, after playing a ticking clock for a few minutes, the station flipped to a Disco format branded as "Boogie 103.7". However, a few weeks later, the disco music was replaced with clips of The Rick and Bubba Show played around the clock. On August 29, 2008, the station flipped to an Adult Contemporary format branded as "103.7 The River," featuring "Delilah" at night. However, after a year in the format, Clear Channel decided to bring the KISS-FM brand back to Chattanooga for the first time in 2 years, which was previously used at sister station WLND.

On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WKXJ, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, would be sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc) due to that company's merger with CBS Radio. The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.

On January 22, 2021, WKXJ replaced Elvis Duran & The Morning Show with The Bert Show.

References

1. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-508. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
2. "Facility Technical Data for WKXJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. From The Chattanoogan (June 18, 2008)
4. "WKZP Dances Out Of The Box". All Access.
5. "WKZP Flips To WURV '103.7 The River'". All Access.
6. "Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs to iHeartMedia for Richmond & Chattanooga". November 2017.
7. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 14735 (WKXJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKXJ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• HD Radio stations
• Radio stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Radio stations in Tennessee
• Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1964
• Audacy, Inc. radio stations