WKYS

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WKYS
Broadcast area Washington, D.C.
Branding "93.9 Kiss FM"
Slogan The Peoples' Station
DC's #1 for Hip Hop and R&B
First air date 1960s
Frequency 93.9 (MHz)
Format Mainstream Urban
ERP 24,500 watts
Class B
Callsign meaning KYS - a play on KISS
Owner Radio One
Website http://www.939wkys.com/

WKYS, "The People's Station", is a radio station that serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. The station broadcasts from a class B signal with an effective radiated power of 24,500 watts (24.5 kilowatts(kW)) on 93.9 MHz frequency. WKYS has a city of license of Washington, D.C. and is owned by the Radio One.

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[edit] History

Previously the station was owned by NBC. During its early days it was known as WWRC, with a jazz format.The transition from the Beautiful Music format into what is now WKYS was originally then owner NBC's attempt to move the Top 40 format that was on sister station WRC-AM to make way for an all news format on the AM.For awhile in 1975 the two stations simulcasted the Top 40 format. Shortly after the simulcast was broken off, the original AM Top 40 format continued for a short while on the FM, but later, seeing the coming boom in Disco music, WKYS and adopted a highly successful disco format, and branded itself as WKYS, "Disco 93.9". The disco format eventually evolved into the present urban contemporary format, WKYS, "93.9 Kiss FM". NBC eventually sold the FM station to Albimar Commucations.Several years later the station was sold to Radio One. In the mid 1990's, WKYS was forced to drop the "Kiss FM" moniker changed to "93.9 WKYS" because Clear Channel held ownership of the moniker. However as of recent, WKYS has reintroduced the "Kiss FM" with its over the air branding.

Also, for many years, WKYS was home to legendary radio personality, Donnie Simpson, who was with the station from the 1970's to 1993. Now the station is the flagship of the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show.

[edit] Current lineup

[edit] Weekdays

  • Russ Parr Morning Show 6-10AM
  • Jeannie Jones 10AM-2PM
  • EZ Street 2-6PM
  • II Face the Wild Boy 6-10PM
  • Iran 10PM-2AM
  • Brotha J 2-6AM 2404161031 call anytime

[edit] Friday Nights

  • Live from the Dream Night Club 10PM-2AM

[edit] Saturdays

  • III Will 2-6AM
  • On-Air with Russ Parr 6-9AM
  • Iran 9AM-1PM
  • EZ Street 1-5PM
  • II Face the Wild Boy 5-8PM
  • Live from the H20 Restaurant & Lounge 8PM-2AM

[edit] Sundays

  • One Nation Hip-Hop with P-Stew 2-6AM
  • Denise Hill-Smith, "The Gospel Lady" 5-9AM
  • Iran 9AM-Noon
  • Jeannie Jones Noon-3PM
  • Supaken 3-6PM
  • Steph Lova 6-10PM
  • Antonio "The Cuban Cigar Smoker" 10PM-12AM

[edit] Competitors

WKYS competes with rival Rhythmic Crossover station WPGC easily. Plus it also competes with Urban AC station's WMMJ (sister station thereof) and Howard University's WHUR.

[edit] Station management

  • Operations Manager Kathy Brown
  • Program Director Steve Hegwood
  • Assistant Program Director Dionne Burkett
  • Music Director Paul Stewart
  • News/Community Affairs Director Shiela Stewart
  • Web Coordinator Chris Harris

[edit] External links

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Radio One

Mainstream Urban Stations: KBFB | KBXX | WCDX | WCKX | WDHT | WENZ | WERQ | WFXA | WGZB | WHHH | WHHL | WHTA | WHTD | WIZF | WKYS | WPHI | WQOK
Urban Adult Contemporary Stations: KMJQ | KRBV | KSOC | WAKB | WAMJ | WDMK | WFUN | WFXC/WFXK | WKJM/WKJS | WMJM | WMMJ | WMOJ | WQNC | WRNB | WROU | WTLC | WWIN | WXMG | WZAK
Urban Gospel Stations: KROI | WCHB | WJMO | WJYD | WPPZ | WPZE | WPZS | WPZZ | WTHB | WTLC | WWIN | WYCB
Smooth Jazz Stations: WJZZ | WYJZ
Urban Talk Stations: WDBZ | WERE | WILD | WING | WNNL | WOL | WOLB | WROU | WTPS
Alternative Rock Stations: WAEG | WLRS/WLRX
Top 40 CHR Stations: WGTZ | WDJX
Rhythmic Top 40 Stations: KTTB
Country Stations: WKSW
Hot AC Stations: WXMA
Other Assets
Television: WDNI-LP | TV One (joint venture with Comcast and DIRECTV)
Satellite Radio: The Power (joint venture with XM Radio)
Websites: www.radio-one.com (corporate website) | Black America Web (through Reach Media)
Radio Shows: The Tom Joyner Morning Show (through Reach Media under contract)
Key People
Cathy Hughes, Chairman and CEO
FM radio stations in the Washington, D.C. market (Arbitron #8)

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By Callsign: WAFY | WAMU | WASH | WAVA | WBIG | WBQB | WCSP | WETA | WFLS | WFRE | WFSI | WGMS | WGTS | WGYS | WHUR | WIHT | WINC | WIYY | WJFK | WJZW | WKYS | WLZL | WMMJ | WMUC | WMZQ | WPER | WPFW | WPGC | WRNR | WRQX | WTGB | WTOP | WTWP | WWDC | WWEG | WWXT | WWXX | WXGG

Past Stations: WGAY | WGMS | WWZZ

Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 214 | Sirius Channel 152

See also: Washington (FM) (AM)

See also: List of United States radio markets
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