WKLL
City |
WKLL: Frankfort, New York WKRL-FM: North Syracuse, New York WKRH: Fair Haven, New York |
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Broadcast area |
WKLL: Utica-Rome, New York WKRL-FM: Syracuse, New York WKRH: Oswego-Fulton, New York |
Branding | K-Rock |
Slogan | The Rock You Live On |
Frequency |
WKLL: 94.9 MHz WKRL-FM: 100.9 MHz WKRH: 106.5 MHz |
Translator(s) | 99.1 W256AJ (Utica, relays WKLL-HD2) |
First air date |
WKLL: February 12, 1990 WKRL-FM: 1972 (as WEGZ-FM) WKRH: April 1, 1996 |
Format |
Active Rock WKLL-HD2: Adult hits "99.1 Tony FM" |
ERP |
WKLL: 34,000 watts WKRL-FM: 6,000 watts WKRH: 5,000 watts |
HAAT |
WKLL: 173 meters WKRL-FM: 50 meters WKRH: 100 meters |
Class |
WKLL: B WKRL-FM: A WKRH: A |
Facility ID |
WKLL: 54959 WKRL-FM: 54547 WKRH: 56996 |
Callsign meaning |
WKLL: WK Lauren Levine WKRL, WKRH: K Rock |
Former callsigns |
WKRL-FM: WEGZ-FM (1972-1993) |
Owner | Galaxy Communications |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | krock.com |
WKLL, WKRL-FM, and WKRH are a series of radio stations owned by Galaxy Communications. The FM stations, broadcasting at 94.9 MHz, 100.9 MHz, and 106.5 MHz respectively, are all branded as "K-Rock" and run an active rock format. The stations are licensed to Frankfort (Utica-Rome area), Syracuse, and Fair Haven, New York (serving the Oswego-Fulton area) respectively.
The Central New York K-Rock stations sponsor the annual K-Rockathon.
WKLL first went on the air on February 12, 1990[1] as a classic rock station with the "Classic 94.9" branding until 1992 switching to the current format modern rock with the "94 K-Rock" branding. WKLL was Galaxy Communications' first station and its call sign comes from the initials of the daughter of Galaxy owner Ed Levine.[1]
In 2016 Galaxy moved their Utica studios (WKLL, WOUR, WUMX, WTLB, WRNY and WIXT) from Washington Mills to downtown Utica inside the new landmark building (the old HSBC location) and renamed it Galaxy Media. At their new location the walls on the street side of each studio are made entirely of glass, allowing people to see DJs at work, similar to the Good Morning America studio.
On September 8, 2016, WKLL signed-on a new HD2 subchannel broadcasting a variety hits format as "Tony FM". The subchannel also broadcasts on low-power W256AJ at 99.1, which formerly served as a translator station for WRNY/WTLB/WIXT.[2]
References
- 1 2 Vanno, Philip (February 8, 2015). Galaxy Communications keeping up with the times. Utica Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ↑ Galaxy Launches 99.1 Tony-FM Utica, RadioInsight.com, September 8, 2016
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKLL
- Radio-Locator information on WKLL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKLL
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKRL
- Radio-Locator information on WKRL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKRL
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKRH
- Radio-Locator information on WKRH
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKRH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W256AJ
- Radio-Locator information on W256AJ