- WYOK
Infobox Radio station
name = WYOK
city =Atmore, Alabama
area =Mobile metropolitan area
branding = "Kicks 104"
slogan = "Gulf Coast Country"
airdate =
frequency = 104.1 kHz HD Radio
format = Modern Country
erp = 98,000watt s
haat = 520.5meter s
class = C
facility_id = 8680
coordinates = coord|30|36|45|N|87|38|43|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WIZD-FM, WGCX, WDWG
owner =Cumulus Media
licensee = Cumulus Licensing, LLC
sister_stations =WBLX-FM ,WDLT-FM /AM,WGOK
webcast =
website = http://www.kicks1041.com
affiliations =WYOK (104.1 FM, "Kicks 104") is a
radio station licensed to serve the community ofAtmore, Alabama . The station broadcasts to the greaterMobile metropolitan area . It broadcasts a Modern Country format and is under ownership ofCumulus Media .History
Call letters
The station was assigned the WYOK call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission onJanuary 11 ,1999 . [cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=8680&Callsign=WYOK |work=FCC Station Search |title=Call Sign History]Ownership
In 1999, the station was acquired by Citadel Communications Corp. (Lawrence R. Wilson, chairman) from Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Co. Inc. (Robert Fuller, president) along with sister station
WGOK for a reported sale price of $6 million. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Big Deals of 1999 |date=2000-02-14]Programming
WYOK switched from "Hot 104" to "Kicks 104" and a country music format in April 2006. The new format signed on with notable on-air personality "Cadillac Jack" after two days of stunting with
Lynyrd Skynyrd 's "Sweet Home Alabama". Cadillac Jack left the station for Las Vegas'KCYE in September 2006. [cite news |work=Philadelphia Daily News |title=Cadillac Jack says he's in Vegas now |date=2006-09-19 |first=Dan |last=Gross |quote=After less than six months on the job, former 92.5 WXTU host Cadillac Jack is gone from Mobile, Ala.'s WYOK and working at Las Vegas country-music station 104.3 The Coyote, he tells us. Jack, real name Tom Kapsalis, had spent six years at 'XTU before leaving in February. |url=]HD radio
Cumulus Broadcasting began upgrading its stations to HD Radio broadcasting in 2005. One of the first ten stations to be upgraded was WYOK. [cite news |work=EE Times |title=Harris Corporation Announces Multi-Deal Agreement as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Supplier to Cumulus Broadcasting |date=2006-04-24 |url=http://www.eetimes.com/press_releases/prnewswire/showPressRelease.jhtml?articleID=X464659 |first=Mary Beth |last=Harnett]
References
External links
* [http://www.kicks1041.com Kicks 104 WYOK official website]
*FMQ|WYOK
*FML|WYOK
*FMARB|WYOK
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