| City of license | Kingsport, Tennessee |
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| Broadcast area | Tri-Cities, Tennessee |
| Branding | Channel 104.9 |
| Slogan | Tri-Cities Hit Music Now |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 2,750 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 67674 |
| Former callsigns | WGAT-FM, WZXY[1] |
| Owner | Cumulus Media |
| Sister stations | WGOC, WJCW, WQUT, WXSM |
| Webcast | WKOS Live Feed |
| Website | wkos.com |
WKOS (104.9 FM), branded as "Channel 104.9", is a radio station serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, area with Top 40 (CHR) music. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
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This station was WGAT-FM Mar. 13, 1979, WZXY on Oct. 14, 1981, and changed to its current letters on July 1, 1991.[1]
In the early 1980s...WGAT-FM became WZXY, an AOR station with the nickname "Y-105". A commercial for WZXY ("Y-105") from 1982 can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQsrxgXxOA. Sometime in the mid to late 1980s...WZXY changed formats from AOR to Top 40. One of the commcercials for WZXY, as a Top 40 station, can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6MiST5S_Oo. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s the format was oldies ("Good Times Great Oldies")[2] and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
In 2007, the East Tennessee State University men's basketball Team moved its games from WJCW to WKOS. This marked the first time the team was heard on FM radio. This has since been moved to AM 640 WXSM, a sister station. [3]
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