WKKI

Infobox Radio station
name = WKKI


city = Celina, Ohio
area = Lima
slogan =
branding = "K94"
frequency = 94.3 MHz
repeater =
airdate = 1960 (as WMER)
share = 0.6
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Lima Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Lima&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = Classic Hits
power =
erp = 1,200 watts
haat = 137.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 60848
coordinates = coord|40|33|8.00|N| 84|30|46.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WMER (1960-1978)
owner = The Sonshine Communications Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.k943.com listen live]
website = [http://www.k943.com k943.com]
affiliations =

WKKI (94.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to Celina, Ohio, USA, the station serves the Lima area. The station is currently owned by The Sonshine Communications Corporation. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKKI |title=WKKI Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] In December 2006, the station changed to the current classic hits format from adult contemporary format. [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WKKI|title=WKKI Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

History

Founded in 1960 as WMER..a reference to MERcer County making it the county's first commercial radio station transmitting with only 740 watts from its studios located above a music store on Fayette Street in downtown Celina. (WCSM AM & FM later emerged as a competitor in 1964 along with the former WERM located west of Wapakoneta at Moulton which is now WWSR with studios in Lima.)The Fayette Street studios remain in use today.Several ownerships took place as many as the formats it used and was breifly a sister station to WDRK in Greenville (now WDSJ.) A Top 40 format was employed between 1971 and 1974 when it fell into receivership and later switched to an adult standards format of yet another owner until 1978 when the callsign was changed to WKKI with newer owners and a country format only to be switched yet again in 1979 to a soft AC daytime/album oriented rock nighttime mix. In 1980 the station was finally upgraded to a much needed 3,000 watts and the transmitter moved to a higher tower near the West Ohio Branch Campus of Wright State University at Grand Lake St. Marys which is also the transmitting tower of W17AA..the Celina translator of Dayton's public television station WPTD. The format switch to fulltime album oriented rock in 1982 as "94-KKI" was short lived. In 1984, the K-94 branding was first used as the local affilliate of Transtar,one of the first sattellite format programming services airing once again Soft Adult Contemporary. The K-94 branding remains today as classic hits being its current format in addition to local high school sports coverage.

References

External links

*FM station data|WKKI
Lima Radio