WKHX-FM

WKHX-FM

City	Marietta, Georgia
Broadcast area	North Atlanta
Branding	Kicks 101.5
Slogan	The 90's To Now Atlanta's Number 1 For Country
Frequency	101.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.5 HD-2 for a mix of Country and Southern Rock
First air date	1968 (as WBIE-FM)
Format	Country
Audience share	4.0 (Wi'08, R&R^[1])
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	329 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	73161
Transmitter coordinates	33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W / 33.80722; -84.33944Coordinates: 33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W / 33.80722; -84.33944
Callsign meaning	KHX = "Kicks"
Former callsigns	WBIE-FM (1968–1981) WKHX (1981–1987)
Affiliations	Cumulus Media Networks, Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC)
Sister stations	WYAY, WWWQ, WNNX, W255CJ, W250BC
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live via iHeart
Website	kicks1015.com

WKHX-FM, known as "Kicks 101.5", is an Atlanta FM radio station that plays country music. Its city of license is Marietta, Georgia. It is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located in Sandy Springs near the Georgia Highway 400 and Interstate 285 interchange, and transmits from a site in unincorporated DeKalb County, just west of Emory University.

Former on-air staff

Bill Celler on air 1986–2009, previous digital content manager 2009-2011 for WKHX. Now doing traffic on All News 106.7
Moby In The Morning 1990–2002. Currently hosts a syndicated country music morning show. Can be heard in the Atlanta area on South 93.5, WSRM in Rome.
Ron Michaels former morning show producer, now Moby's sidekick on his syndicated morning show.
Michael Bandy (Bandy & Bailey) Mornings 2002-2005, deceased December 20, 2008
Jason Bailey (Bandy & Bailey) mornings 2002–2005, previously WLXX 92.9 FM The Bear, Lexington, KY. Currently General Manager @ ESPN Lexington and midday personality on WCYO Coyote Country 100.7
Craig Cornett mornings Nov 2005–April 2006, also at KSD 93.7 FM The Bull St. Louis, MO. Deceased 2012
KB Travis 1983–1986 currently operations manager at Dock 103.9 in Greensboro,GA
Mac Berry host of Cryin' Lovin' or Leavin' late 1980s/Country Gold Saturday Night. Deceased January 2010.
Deborah Richards news director 1990s through 2002 currently doing voice overs and teaching at Atlanta Broadcast Institute.
Johnny West 2000–2002 evenings, overnights, afternoon drive fill-in for Cadillac Jack.
Kevin O'Brien currently does production for WKHX and WYAY. Last country DJ heard on WYAY on 3/9/2008. Currently doing weekend traffic on All News 106.7.
Ralph Morgan retired from sister station WYAY-FM.
Gary Kinsey retired from WYAY-FM in 2006.
Jill Kelly 2002–2006 formerly with "Moby In The Morning".
Al Hardee currently doing production for WKHX and WYAY and on the Music of Your Life Network as a show host.

Command Master Chief Richard Rose, assigned to the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729), talks on the air during the 101.5 FM Kicks morning show about Atlanta Navy Week 2010.

Randy Blakeformer host of Country Gold Saturday night, moved to Eagle 106.7 when the show moved there.
AJ Cannon .
TJ Kelley No longer on-air, Senior Business Consultant at Powell Broadcasting in Panama City Beach. Still does occasional voiceover work.
Sandy Weaver Runs voiceover company, Voicework On Demand, Inc. Formerly middays @ Eagle 106.7 WYAY-FM. Currently part of the Moby In the Morning radio networks, can also be heard on South 93.5 in Rome.
Kristen Gates Currently at WUBL 94.9 the Bull in Atlanta. Early on was at WTSH South 107 in Rome, GA and Star 94 with "Cindy & Ray".
Jim Vann Former morning traffic reporter, fired in 2/29/2008. Author of the book "Who Died And Left You In Charge?."
Wylie Rose (Melissa Meadows) Previously worked at WNGC-FM in Athens, GA.and previously mornings at WKDF Nashville 2009-2011.
Buck In the Truck
Shadoe Stevens Former morning man on Kicks from 1987-89. Won Atlanta Radio Personality of the Year in 1988. Later moved to WLS-FM in Chicago using the name Steven Craig. Now a national voiceover actor known as Dave Crockett. Had been the tour voice for Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum and many others. Currently the voice for Capital One and Moen Faucets.
Johnny Gray preceded Moby as morning show host, later became Music Director at WKHX and sister station WYAY.
Freddie Brooks Former afternoon drive personality at sister station WYAY True Oldies 106.7 with Spiff Carner. Former voice featured in first two seasons of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'
Scott Evans
Rod Westin (May 1987 – September 1990)
Melissa Miller Midday DJ at WKNK-FM Kick'n 103.5 in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Andy Guzman former Promotions Director. Deceased.
Ricks Zeiseg Currently morning show host at WYYU
Greg Talmadge former am Traffic reporter, currently doing morning traffic on All News 106.7.
Tim Michaels former afternoon drive 2009-2011.
Sari Rose middays 2008-2012
Leza Young weekends 1986-1993.

History

Prior to becoming WKHX, 101.5 was country music station WBIE-FM (debuting in 1959). It was a companion to the AM station WBIE 1080 kHz (later WCOB). ^[2] The station manager at the time, James M. Wilder, has a technology laboratory building named after him at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta. "Kicks" debuted in 1981 after Capital Cities Communications purchased the station. WKHX used to simulcast on AM 590, which is now Radio Disney. In 1995, ABC bought then rival country station WYAY 106.7, which is now "All News 106.7". The station was acquired by Citadel Broadcasting in 2007, and became a Cumulus Media station after that company purchased Citadel in 2011. In October 2011, WKHX changed its format from playing only "new country" music to mixing in older hits from the 1990s to the present.^[3]

References

↑ "Atlanta Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ Popular Music and Culture Collections, Georgia State University Special Collections and Archives
↑ http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/10/22/kicks-101-5-skews-older-with-more-1990-2005-cuts-welcome-back-garth-brooks-and-travis-tritt/

External links

Kicks 101.5 website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKHX

Radio-Locator information on WKHX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKHX

Radio stations in the Atlanta, Georgia market

By AM frequency	550 590 610² 640 680 750¹♦ 790 (830) 860 890 920 970 1010² 1040 1080² 1100² (1120) 1160 1190 1230 1270 1290² 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1380 1400 1400 1410 1420 1430 1450 1460 1480 1500 1520 1550² 1570 1600² 1690 ¹Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish (fulltime)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.5♦ 96.1 96.5 96.7 97.1 97.5♣ 97.9 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.5 101.9² 102.3² 102.5 102.9 102.9♣ 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.3² 105.7 106.7 107.1 107.5♣ 107.9 ♣WUMJ simulcasts W275BK ♦WSBB-FM simulcasts WSB AM

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KEC80 WABE WAEC WAFS WALR-FM WAMJ WAOK WAOS WATB WAZX WAZX-FM WBCX WBHF WBZY WCFO WCHK WCLK WCNN WCOH WDCY WDPC WDUN WDWD WFGM WFOM WFSH-FM WFTD WGFS WGKA WGST WHIE WHTA WIFN WIGO WJGA-FM WJSP-FM WJTP WKHX-FM WKKP WLBB WLKQ-FM WLTA WMLB WMVV WMVW WNEA WNIV WNNX WNSY WPBC WPBS WPCG-LP WPLO WPZE WQXI WRAS WRDA WRDG WREK WRFG WSB WSB-FM WSBB-FM WSRV WSTR WTSH-FM WTZA WUBL WUMJ WUWG WVEE WVFJ-FM WWEV-FM WWPW WWWE WWWQ WXEM WXJO WXKT WYAY WYXC WYZE WZGC W233BF W243CE W250BC W255CJ W275BK

Internet radio	99X Atlanta WGHR

Defunct	WERD (860 AM) WGHR (102.5/100.7) WHLE-LP (106.3 FM) WTJH (1260 AM)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 227 Sirius Channel 153 Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

Country radio stations in the state of Georgia

Stations	WAAC – Valdosta WAJQ-FM – Alma WBAF – Barnesville WBTR-FM – Carrollton WBYZ – Baxley WCJM-FM – West Point WCOH – Newnan WCON – Cornelia WCON-FM – Cornelia WDAL - Dalton WDEN – Macon WEKS – Zebulon WFDR - Manchester WFFM – Ashburn WGCO – Midway/Savannah WHIE – Griffin WHKN – Millen WIFO – Jesup WIHB – Macon WIHB-FM – Gray WISK-FM – Americus WJCL-FM – Savannah WJTH – Calhoun WKAA – Willacoochee WKAK – Albany WKBX – Kingsland WKCN – Lumpkin WKHX – Marietta WKKP – McDonough WKLY – Hartwell WKNG – Tallapoosa WKUB – Blackshear WKZR – Milledgeville WKZZ – Tifton WLHR – Lavonia WLJA – Ellijay WLUB – Augusta WLYU – Lyons WMCG – Milan WMNZ – Montezuma WMOQ – Bostwick WNGC – Toccoa WOBB – Tifton WOKA-FM – Douglas WPEH – Louisville WPPL – Blue Ridge WQCH – Lafayette WQZY – Dublin WRJY – Brunswick WRLD - Columbus (Valley, AL) WSGA – Hinesville WSGC – Elberton WSNT – Sandersville WSNT-FM – Sandersville WSRM – Coosa WTHO – Thomson WTIF-FM – Omega WTSH – Aragon WTUF – Boston WUBL – Atlanta WUCG-LP – Blairsville WUFF – Eastman WUFF-FM – Eastman WULK – Crawfordville WXLI – Dublin WXRS-FM – Swainsboro WYNR – Waycross WYUM – Mount Vernon WYYZ – Jasper WZAT – Tybee Island/Savannah WZCH – Warner Robins WZQZ – Trion

Defunct	WBBK – Blakely WCUG – Cuthbert

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Georgia

Cumulus Media

AM radio stations	KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBED KBGG KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFNZ KFRU KGO KIKR KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNEK KNML KNSH KPUR KPZK KRMD KRUZ KSCR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVEN KVOR KWPN KXZZ KYNG WAAV WABC WALG WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WBMQ WCOA WDUZ¹ WFAS WFNC WFNR WFTW WGLD WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHBT WHGB WHLD WHLL WHSC WIBR WICC WIOV WISW WJBC WJCW WJLG WJOX WJR WJRW WKLQ WKY WLBY WLS WLTI WLWI WLZR WMAC WMAL WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRAD WRIE WSBA WSKO WSOM WSSO WTKA WTMA WTRX WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXOK WXQW WXSM WYMB WYNN

FM radio stations	K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBUL-FM KBXR KBZU KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVB KDVV KEHK KESN KENZ KFFG KFOG KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLIF-FM KLOS KLSZ-FM KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPLA KPLX KPUR-FM KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQOB² KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRF KRRQ KRST KRWP KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTIK-FM KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM W264AK WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBBL-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBRW WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCTO WCYN-FM WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDRQ WDUZ-FM¹ WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEBE WEDG WEGC WEMX WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHLZ WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJAD WJBC-FM WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WJTQ WKAK WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKOR-FM WKOS WKQZ WKRU WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLAW WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLS-FM WLTO WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMAS-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS³ WMXS WMXT WMXU WNBM WNCV WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNMX WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNSH WNTQ WNUQ WOFX-FM WOGB¹ WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPCK¹ WPEZ WPKR WPLJ WPRO-FM WPSK-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH¹ WQQK WQQO WQSM WQUT WQVE WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WROK-FM WRQN WRQQ WRQX WRRM WRRX WRWM WRXP WSEA WSJR WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WTOD WTYB WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWBU WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKL WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWWM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWQ W255CJ/WWWQ-HD2 WWWW-FM WWWZ WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W265CB WXLO WXMX WXTA WXTL WXZZ WYAY WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZAT WZCY-FM WZNS WZPW WZRH WZRR WZYP

Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Titans Radio Network Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets	Nash TV

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation

¹ = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

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