WKKV-FM
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| City | Racine, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Racine/Milwaukee |
| Branding | "V-100.7 Jams" |
| Slogan | Milwaukee's Only Hip Hop and R&B |
| Frequency | 100.7 FM MHz(also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | August 1948 |
| Format |
Urban Contemporary HD2: Progressive talk (simulcast of WXXM/Madison) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 68758 |
| Callsign meaning | The V from WKKV is used in V-100.7 Jams brand |
| Former callsigns |
WRJN-FM (1948–1969) WRAC-FM (1969–1970) WRKR (1970–1986) WHBT-FM (1986–1987) WBZN-FM (1987–1991) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WISN, WMIL-FM, WOKY, WRIT-FM, WRNW |
| Webcast |
Listen Live HD2 stream |
| Website | V100.com |
WKKV-FM, also known as V-100.7 Jams, is an urban contemporary owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. serving the Milwaukee area. The station broadcasts at 100.7 MHz on the FM dial with an ERP of 50 kW and is licensed to Racine, Wisconsin. Its studios are located in the Milwaukee suburb of Greenfield and the transmitter site is in Raymond.
The playlist of V-100.7 consists of primarily current hip-hop and R&B, but airs slower R&B and classic soul songs on its Quiet Storm program in the weekday late night hours.
At 50,000 watts, WKKV's signal is one of the strongest in the area, and can travel over Lake Michigan into the state of Michigan. V-100.7 can be heard locally as far west as Madison, Wisconsin, north to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, south into the Chicago suburbs, and east to South Haven, Michigan, Fremont, Michigan, Ludington, Michigan, and beyond. Due to its tower lying in close proximity to the open waters of Lake Michigan, both its analog and digital signal can travel with local quality in excess of 120 miles to the east without interference.
WKKV is home to the annual "Jam 4 Peace" concert.
History
The original call letters were WRJN-FM, shared with its then-sister station. WRJN-FM began broadcasting August 26, 1948. It was licensed to Racine Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
In early 1969, the owner of another Racine station, WRAC, purchased WRJN-FM for $60,000.[2] A few months later, the station became WRAC-FM.[3]
In December 1970, WRAC-FM flipped to a rock-based Top 40 format with the WRKR call sign,[4] primarily targeting Racine, Kenosha and the southern part of Milwaukee County. They were known at various times as "The Rocker 100 FM", "Hot 100" and "Hitradio 100". WRKR gradually started targeting the whole Milwaukee market. At one time, WRKR was the Milwaukee-area affiliate of American Top 40.
Due to heavy Top 40 competition, WRKR began adding light R&B music around 1986, and for less than a year were called "Heartbeat 100" (WHBT-FM). WHBT-FM was the first "rhythmic adult contemporary" station in the country, 10 years before pioneer WAMG-FM flipped to the format. The WRKR call sign was reassigned by the FCC to a Kalamazoo, MI station about that time, where it remains today.
In 1987, the station became new-age music-formatted WBZN-FM (Breezin' 100.7). The station flipped to Urban contemporary in June 1991, becoming WKKV-FM (The New V-100 FM).[5]
After many years, the "Doug Banks Morning Show" ended in December 2007, and the station replaced him with Steve Harvey. After six years, Harvey was dropped in August 2013, and WKKV-FM became a charter affiliate of the New York-based Breakfast Club distributed in-house by iHeartRadio.
HD Radio
On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that WKKV's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on gospel music. In the summer of 2009, the "Hallelujah" format was replaced by "All My Jams," an Adult Urban Contemporary format available through Clear Channel's iHeartRadio smartphone application.
On December 15, 2011, Clear Channel began airing the progressive talk programming of WXXM (92.1) from Sun Prairie/Madison on WKKV's HD3 subchannel, giving the Milwaukee market its first station in the format, albeit with no programming originating locally from Milwaukee.[6]
In April 2012, WKKV HD2 went off the air. The "All My Jams" format can be found on the iheartradio application. The WXXM simulcast has since moved to WKKV HD2.[7]
References
- ↑ "WRJN-FM Racine Starts Operation on 100.7 MHz" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/69-OCR/BC-1969-03-17-Page-0058.pdf
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/69-OCR/BC-1969-07-21-Page-0062.pdf
- ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-06-15.pdf
- ↑ Dudek, Duane (15 December 2011). "Liberal talk radio comes to Milwaukee. Sorta.". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=32 HD Radio Guide for Milwaukee
External links
- V100.7 website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKKV
- Radio-Locator information on WKKV
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKKV
Coordinates: 42°48′18″N 88°02′53″W / 42.805°N 88.048°W