| City of license | Jamestown, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Jamestown and Vicinity |
| Branding | Kissin' Oldies 1340 |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 500 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | KiSsiN' (branding) |
| Former callsigns | WJOC, WXYJ |
| Affiliations | The True Oldies Channel (ABC Radio) |
| Owner | Media One Group (Media One Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WJTN, WWSE, WHUG, WQFX-FM |
| Website | wksn.com |
WKSN (1340 AM, "Kissin' Oldies 1340") is an radio station based in Jamestown, New York. The oldies outlet is owned by Media One Group and operates at 1340 kHz.
WKSN, formerly WJTN's rival, signed on in 1948 as WJOC. It used the call sign WXYJ in the 1960s. Previously WKSN (Kissin' Oldies) was an oldies outlet carrying a local morning show and a midday show by Paul Hoefler (now performing commercial jingles in the area), as well the satellite Good Time Oldies from Jones Radio Networks until it was bought out by Media One Group, LLC in 2003.
Soon after Media One's purchase, WKSN became a primarily syndicated talk radio operation until the summer of 2008, with shows such as Rush Limbaugh (counterprogrammed to a liberal program known as The Hall Closet on WJTN), Imus in the Morning, Bill Bennett, Dr. Dean Edell and Glenn Beck, as well as affiliations with Talk Radio Network and FOX Sports Radio. On July 4, 2008, WKSN switched back to the oldies format. With the change to oldies (and The Hall Closet's discontinuation), Edell, Beck and Ed Schultz were moved to sister station WJTN (Schultz actually began airing on WJTN on June 23, 2008 in Ray Hall's time slot, so both WJTN and WKSN were airing Schultz from June 23 to July 3, 2008), while Rush Limbaugh was dropped from the market altogether. (As of 2010, WNAE 1310 in Warren is the closest Limbaugh affiliate.)
WKSN is an affiliate of Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio.[1] WKSN is also affiliated with the NFL on Westwood One. Jamestown Jammers away games were heard on WKSN for many years but no longer air anywhere on Jamestown radio.
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