WKOS

WKOS
Broadcast area
Tri-Cities, Tennessee
Frequency104.9 MHz
Branding104.9 Nash Icon
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 21, 1970 (1970-01-21)
Former call signs
  • WGAT-FM (1979–1981)
  • WZXY (1981–1991)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
67674
ClassA
ERP2,750 watts
HAAT150 meters (490 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.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

WGAT-FM began broadcasting on January 21, 1970, as the FM sister station of WGAT (1050 AM). It changed its call sign to WZXY on October 14, 1981, an album-oriented rock station branded "Y105". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed its to CHR/Top 40. The call sign was changed to WKOS on July 1, 1991. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s, the format was oldies,[citation needed] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.

WKOS's logo under previous "Nash FM" branding

On February 24, 2012, WKOS changed formats to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9". On July 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, WKOS re-branded itself as "Nash FM 104.9". On April 24, 2015, WKOS rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon".

Sports coverage

In 2007, East Tennessee State University men's basketball 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 WXSM, a sister station.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "New FM Radio Station". Kingsport Times-News. February 22, 1970. p. 11-A. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  4. ↑ Radio Station WKOS 104.9 FM Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
  5. ↑ Great Country Comes To Kingsport
  6. ↑ Cumulus'NashFM Expansion Continues
  7. ↑ WKOS Shifts From Nash to Nash Icon
  8. ↑ ETSU BASKETBALL MOVES TO WKOS RADIO Archived January 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-26.

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