WKSE
WKSE (98.5 FM) is a Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40 Mainstream station serving the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region of Western New York. The station's transmitter is located on Grand Island, New York. It has a sizable market in the Greater Toronto Area but unlike the WBLK of old, does little marketing and promotion outside of Western New York, but now has to compete with two CHR/Top 40 stations, (after the format change of CKIS) in the Greater Toronto Area; therefore, this will lower the amount of listeners there. It is currently owned by Entercom Communications, located in Corporate Parkway, Amherst, New York.
WKSE signed on as WHLD-FM in 1947. It changed calls to WZIR in 1980 and WRXT in 1984 and settled at its current calls in 1985. It currently runs a format somewhere between hot adult contemporary and current hits radio. Much of its playlist overlaps that of sister station Star 102.5 at times (ironically, the 102.5 frequency was a CHR competitor of WKSE in the late '80s and early '90s as WMJQ "Majic 102"). WKSE competes with longtime rival, Z101 (formerly WiLD 101), which has a very similar format. Currently, the ratings for WKSE is higher than Z101, in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region, according to Arbitron.
In 2006 Kiss 98.5 began streaming its programming over the internet.
Regular Radio Personalities
- Janet Snyder, Weekdays 6AM-10AM, The Morning Show
- Nicholas Picholas, Weekdays 6AM-10 AM, The Morning Show
- Wease, Weekdays 6AM-10AM, The Morning Show
- Ryan Seacrest, Weekdays 10AM-2PM, On Air with Ryan Seacrest
- Shannon Steele, Weekdays 2PM-6PM,
- DJ Anthony, Weekdays 6PM-12AM
- Shy Guy Shawn, Weekends 10AM-2PM (Sat.) & 2pm-7PM (Sun.)
- Miguel, Weekends 6PM-10PM (Sat.) & 10AM-2PM (Sun.)
- Kev Diddy, Weekends 2PM-6PM (Sat.)
- Jud, Weekends
- DJ RanKan, Weekends
(Please note: The "Wease" listed here is not to be confused with Brother Wease.)
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New York Radio Markets: Albany-Schenectady-Troy • Binghamton • Buffalo-Niagara Falls • Elmira-Corning • Hamptons-Riverhead • Ithaca • Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) • New York City • Newburgh-Middletown (Mid Hudson Valley) • Olean • Plattsburgh • Poughkeepsie • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica-Rome • Watertown
Other New York Radio Regions: Jamestown-Dunkirk • North Country • Saratoga
See also: Hamilton-Niagara Radio, Toronto Radio
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See also: adult contemporary, classic hits, college, country, news/talk, NPR, oldies, religious, rock, sports, top 40, urban, and other radio stations in New York
Also see: Contemporary Hit Radio • Rhythmic • KISS-FM • MOVin • Radio Disney
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(Top 40) KHFI-FM (Austin, Texas) · KHKS (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) · KIIS-FM (Los Angeles, California) · KKDM (Des Moines, Iowa) · KSFT-FM (Sioux City, Iowa) · KSME (Fort Collins, Colorado) · KZZP (Phoenix, Arizona) · WAEV (Savannah, Georgia) · WAKS (Akron-Cleveland, Ohio) · WFKS (Melbourne, Florida) · WHKF (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) · WKFS (Cincinnati, Ohio) · WKGS (Rochester, New York) · WKKF (Albany, New York) · WKSB (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) · WKSC-FM (Chicago, Illinois) · WKSI-FM (Winchester, Virginia) · WKST-FM (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · WAKZ (Youngstown, Ohio) · WVKF (Wheeling, WV/Steubenville, OH) · WVKS (Toledo, Ohio) · WXKS-FM (Boston, Massachusetts) · WKSS (Hartford, Connecticut) · KVVS (Lancaster/Antelope Valley, California) · KBKS-FM (Seattle, Washington)
(Rhythmic Contemporary) KISS-XM United States (SDARS) · WPKF (Poughkeepsie, New York)
(Rhythmic AC) WKSL (Raleigh, North Carolina)
(AC) KISC (Spokane, Washington)
(Urban) KISQ (San Francisco, California) · WKSP (Augusta, Georgia ) · WMRZ (Albany, Georgia)
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KSKS ( Fresno, California) · KIFS ( Medford, Oregon) · WSKS/ WSKU ( Whitesboro/ Little Falls, New York) · WKSZ ( Green Bay, Wisconsin) · KSII ( El Paso, Texas ) · KKSS ( Santa Fe, New Mexico) · KXSS-FM ( Amarillo, Texas) · KCRS-FM ( Odessa/ Midland, Texas) · KSSM ( Copperas Cove, Texas) · KYIS ( Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) · WALR-FM ( Atlanta, Georgia) · WBHK ( Warrior/ Birmingham, Alabama) · WDMK ( Detroit, Michigan) · WKIS ( Miami, Florida) · WKJS/WKJM ( Richmond/ Petersburg, Virginia) · WKSE ( Buffalo, New York) · WKYS ( Washington, DC) · WLXC ( Columbia, South Carolina) · WNKS ( Charlotte, North Carolina) · WPIA ( Peoria, Illinois) · WRKS ( New York, New York) · WDKS ( Newburgh/ Evansville, Indiana) · WXSS ( Milwaukee, Wisconsin) · WETT ( Bridgeport, West Virginia) · KGKS ( Cape Girardeau, Missouri) · WKSO ( Natchez, Mississippi) · WKKZ ( Dublin, Georgia) · WUVA ( Charlottesville, Virginia) · KXXZ ( Victorville, California) · WCKS ( Carrollton, Georgia) · WKZA ( Jamestown, New York) · WZBZ/ WSNQ ( Atlantic City/ Cape May Court House, New Jersey) · WKSQ ( Ellsworth, Maine) · WYKS ( Gainesville, Florida) · KTRS-FM ( Casper, Wyoming) · KISN ( Bozeman, Montana)
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Music brands: Bob FM • Cat Country • Froggy • Hank FM • Jack FM • KISS-FM • MOViN • Radio Disney • The Fox • The X • Gen X
Religious brands: Air 1 • AFR • K-LOVE
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