WBHK

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WBHK

City of license	Warrior/Birmingham
Broadcast area	Central Alabama
Branding	"98.7 Kiss FM"
Slogan	Tom Joyner in the Morning and Smooth R&B and Classic Soul All Day
Frequency	98.7 (MHz)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	39,000 watts
Callsign meaning	W BirMingham's Kiss
Owner	Cox Broadcasting
Website	http://987kiss.com/

WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham, Alabama. It is currently ranked by the Arbitron rating system as the nation's highest rated urban adult contemporary. 98.7 Kiss FM is licensed to Warrior and broadcasts on the 98.7 megahertz (MHz) frequency at effecitve radiated power of 39 kilowatts (kW) from atop of Red Mountain. It is owned by Cox Radio Holdings. Other stations in the Birmingham market owned by Cox include WBHJ (95.7 FM), WNCB (97.3 FM), WZZK (104.7 FM), WBPT (106.9 FM), WAGG (610 AM) and WPSB (1320 AM).

The station has a unusually strong signal that broadcasts on a class C1 that can be heard across the majority of North and Central Alabama and even in parts of eastern Mississippi and western Georgia Their major drawback of the popularity of this station is the confusion of them with the New York urban AC with the same moniker, WRKS-FM, 98.7 Kiss FM. In 2005, it also began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Schedule 3 Station Management 4 External links

[edit] History

98.7 began as WLBI, "Great 98", a 6 kW rimshot hot adult contemporary station. It later changed to "Lite 98", with a playlist that consisted of a mix of soft AC, jazz, and Christian contemporary music. Its tower was on a hill off Arkadelphia Road west of Warrior, and they broadcasted from a small trailer also located in Warrior. In 1996, after many years as a low-rated AC, they became an urban AC with the moniker and slogan, "98.7 Kiss FM, Smooth R&B and Classic Soul". With the format change the ratings for the frequency increased. In 2002, the transmitter was upgraded and moved to Red Mountain after many years of broadcasting from a choppy signal.

[edit] Current Schedule

Weekdays

• Tom Joyner Morning Show 5-9AM
• Daryl Johnson 9AM-1PM
• Steve Sloan 1-3PM
• Chris Coleman 3-7PM
• The NightKiss with Kim "The Nightbird" Moore 7PM-Midnight
• Terry K Midnight-5AM

Saturdays

• Roe Bonner Midnight-6AM
• Walt "Baby" Love's Countdown 6-8AM
• Tom Joyner's Right Back at Ya 8-10AM
• Chris Coleman 10AM-3PM
• Terry K 3-8PM
• Saturday Night 70's and 80's Grown & Sexy Houseparty with Steve Sloan 8PM-Midnight

Sundays

• Ron Marshall's Gospel Sounds 6-11AM
• The Myriad Gospel Countdown 11AM-Noon
• Roe Bonner 12-5PM
• Isaiah Pettway 5-10PM
• "Talkback Live"with Hollis Wormsby and James Williams 10PM-Midnight
• Terry K Midnight-5AM

[edit] Station Management

• General Manager David Dubose
• Operations Manager Jay Dixon
• Program Director Daryl Johnson
• Music Director Chris Coleman
• News Director Reginald Greene
• Public Affairs Director Hollis Wormsby

[edit] External links

• 98.7 Kiss FM's Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WBHK