WKCH

WKCH
City of license Whitewater, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin, rural Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Branding Kool 106.5
Slogan The Greatest Hits Of The 60s and 70s
Frequency 106.5 MHz
First air date 1997
Format Oldies
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 61 meters
Class A
Facility ID 59406
Transmitter coordinates 42°54′20.00″N 88°45′5.00″W / 42.9055556°N 88.7513889°W
Callsign meaning Wisconsin's Koolest Classic Hits
Former callsigns WRLM (5/1993-9/1993)
WISQ (1993-1996)
Affiliations Dial Global Local
Owner NRG License Sub, LLC
Sister stations WFAW, WSJY

WKCH (106.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies music format. Licensed to Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA. The station is currently owned by Nrg License Sub, LLC.[1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WRLM on May 28, 1993. On September 1, 1993, the station changed its call sign to WISQ. Then, on June 14, 1996, its call letters were changed to WKCH.[2]

In the 1990s the station simulcasted sister station WFAW until 1999 when it began running oldies music without imaging. It finally became "Kool FM K-106" by the end of 1999 then later reimaged to its current moniker "KOOL 106.5".

References

  1. "WKCH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WKCH Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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