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WGKC City of license Mahomet, Illinois Broadcast area Champaign, Illinois Branding Classic Rock 105.9 WGKC Slogan Champaign-Urbana's Classic Rock Frequency 105.9 MHz First air date October 30, 1990 Format Classic rock ERP 2,500 watts HAAT 156 meters Class A Facility ID 10112 Owner SJ Broadcasting LLC under an LMA with Radiostar, Inc. Sister stations WEBX, WLFH, WQQB Webcast Listen Live Website wgkc.net WGKC (105.9 MHz, "Classic Rock 105.9 WGKC") is a heritage Classic rock radio station licensed to Mahomet, Illinois and broadcasting in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois radio market. The station is owned by RadioStar, Inc. and features Bob and Tom in the morning and Nights with Alice Cooper.
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History
WGKC was originally WHZT and was started by Adlai Stevenson IV, grandson of former presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II, in 1990.[1] WHZT was later owned and operated by Odyssey Communications, Inc. Oddyssey ran the syndicated Z-Rock format. Z-Rock was known as the station in Champaign-Urbana with the hearse.
Odyssey Communications sold WHZT in 1996 to Liberty Radio II, Inc. The new owners dropped the Z-Rock format and the WHZT call letters. On November 15, 1996 WHZT became Classic Rock 105.9 WGKC. The station gained its name from WCKG in Chicago, which was a classic rock station at the time. The first song played on WGKC was "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones.
WGKC was mostly jockless minus a live and local morning show hosted by Dennis Miller (not the comedian). In 1999, Liberty Radio moved syndicated morning duo Bob and Tom from sister station, WZNF "Rock 95-3", to WGKC.
In March 2000 Liberty Radio II, Inc. sold WGKC along with sister stations WQQB, WZNF, and WEBX to AAA Entertainment, LLC. The stations were subsequently purchased by one of the principals of Liberty Radio II, Jim Glassman under his new company (RadioStar, Inc.) in 2006.
On May 21, 2010 it was announced that RadioStar, Inc. was in the process of selling WGKC to SJ Broadcasting LLC. SJ Broadcasting is operated by Steve "Stevie Jay" Khachaturian and Clint Atkins. SJ Broadcasting LLC will be operating WGKC and its affiliated stations, WQQB, WEBX, and WLFH under a local marketing agreement until the sale is approved by the FCC.
On-Air Lineup
On-Air Personality Time Slot Bob and Tom 5:00 AM – 9:00 AM Rob Stone 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Ken Cunningham 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM Nights with Alice Cooper 7:00 PM - midnight House of Hair with Dee Snider 9:00 PM - MIDNIGHT Saturday The Deep End with Nick Michaels 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM Sunday Carol Miller's Get The Led Out 11:00 AM - NOON Sunday Flashback 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Sunday Little Steven's Underground Garage 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Sunday References
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WGKC
- Radio-Locator information on WGKC
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WGKC
Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market By FM frequency By AM frequency 580 • 1400 • 1460 • 1580By callsign Illinois Radio Markets: Bloomington · Champaign · Chicago · Decatur · LaSalle-Peru · Marion-Carbondale · Peoria · Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) · Rockford · St. Louis, MO ·
Other Illinois Radio Regions: Quincy/Hannibal · SpringfieldSee also: List of radio stations in IllinoisClassic rock radio stations in the state of Illinois By frequency By callsign By city See also: adult contemporary, classic hits, college, country, news/talk, NPR, oldies, religious, rock, sports, top 40, urban, and other radio stations in Illinois
Also see: active rock, classic rock and modern rock.Categories:- Radio stations in Illinois
- Classic rock radio stations in the United States
- Illinois radio station stubs
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