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Broadcast area | Chattanooga metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 105.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 105.5 KISS Chattanooga |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | June 23, 1964[1] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Kiss FM" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 14735 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 5,300 watts |
| HAAT | 106 meters (348 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°57′22″N 85°17′31″W / 34.956°N 85.292°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
WKXJ (105.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Rossville, Georgia, United States, and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area. The station operates a Top 40 (CHR) music format and is branded as "105.5 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.
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."[3]
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".[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.[7]
On January 22, 2021, WKXJ replaced Elvis Duran & The Morning Show with The Bert Show.
On May 16, 2025, Audacy announced that WKXJ's top 40/CHR format would be moving to 105.5 on May 23, ultimately displacing that station's active rock format. Like WRXR, WKXJ had been failing to overtake Bahakel's WDOD-FM, registering only a 2.7 share in the March 2025 ratings books, compared to WDOD-FM's 6.0.[8]
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WKXJ (105.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Rossville, Georgia, United States, and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area. The station operates a Top 40 (CHR) music format and is branded as "105.5 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.
WCKQ (104.1 FM) is a CHR/Top 40–formatted radio station licensed to Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Corbin, Kentucky–based Forcht Broadcasting as part of a duopoly with Campbellsville–licensed rock music station WTCO (1450 AM) and Greensburg, Kentucky–licensed country music station WGRK-FM (105.7 FM). All three stations share studios and WCKQ's transmitter facilities are located on KY 323 (Friendship Pike Road) near US 68 in southwestern Campbellsville,
WLND (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Signal Mountain, Tennessee, and serving the Chattanooga metropolitan area. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc., and broadcasts an adult hits radio format, using the moniker "98.1 The Lake - We Play Anything!" As with many Adult Hits stations owned by Audacy, WLND operates with no disc jockeys. The radio studios and offices are on Old Lee Road in Chattanooga. WLND has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000 watts, compared with several other FM stations in the Chattanooga area powered at 100,000 watts. The transmitter is on Skillet Gap Road in Chattanooga.
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Tennessee, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.
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