| City of license | Marion, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Marion, Virginia Smyth County, Virginia |
| Branding | "KZ-101.1FM" |
| Slogan | "Classic Hits of the '70s and '80s" |
| Frequency | 1010 kHz |
| First air date | December 12, 1948 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Power | 1,000 watts daytime 35 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 63710 |
| Former callsigns | WMEV (1948-2010) |
| Owner | Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | WKPT, WMEV-FM, WOPI, WRZK, WTFM, WVEK-FM |
| Website | WUKZ Online |
WUKZ (1010 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia, United States. The station broadcasts a Classic Hits format to Marion and Smyth County, Virginia.
WUKZ's signal is simulcasted on translator station W266BM, which broadcasts on 101.1 FM from Rural Retreat, Virginia. Both WUKZ and translator W266BM are owned and operated by Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation.
The station was known as WMEV from its initial sign-on date of December 12, 1948, under the ownership of Mountain Empire Broadcasting Corporation, through the late 1982 sale to Summit Broadcasting, Inc., and the mid-1998 acquisition by the Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation. The call sign stood for Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia.
On November 20, 2010, the station dropped its longtime WMEV call sign to become WUKZ. Concurrent with this change, the station dropped its Southern Gospel format and has rebranded itself as "Christmas 101.1" with an all-Christmas music format.
On January 1, 2011, WUKZ dropped Christmas music for Classic Hits and picked up the branding "KZ-101.1FM"
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