WSKU

Infobox Radio station
name = WSKS / WSKU


city = WSKS: Whitesboro, New York
WSKU: Little Falls, New York
area = Utica-Rome
branding =
slogan = 97.9 & 105.5 Kiss FM
airdate =
frequency = WSKS: 97.9 MHz
WSKU: 105.5 MHz
format = Top 40 (CHR)
power =
erp = WSKS: 1,500 watts
WSKU: 4,500 watts
haat = WSKS: convert|204|m|ft|sp=us
WSKU: convert|161|m|ft|sp=us
class = A
facility_id = WSKS: 53630
WSKU: 67460
coordinates = WSKS: coord|43|2|14.00|N| 75|26|40.00|W|region:GB_type:city
WSKU: coord|42|59|27.00|N| 74|55|6.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = KISS Utica
former_callsigns = WSKS:
WOWB (1994-2001)
WSKU:
WOWZ (1988-2001)
owner = Roser Communications Network
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.rosergroup.com/kiss-fm/player.php Listen Live!]
website = http://www.cnykiss.com/
affiliations =

WSKS (97.9 FM) and WSKU (105.5 FM) are radio stations simulcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Whitesboro, New York and Little Falls, New York, the stations serve the [Utica, New York|Utica] -Rome area and are currently owned by Roser Communications Network.

History

WOWZ were the call letters originally assigned to 97.9 FM in the Utica-Rome, New York market beginning in September 1994. The city of license was Whitesboro, New York. It was the first allocation of this frequency in this market.

The station was put on the air by the Professional Broadcasting Corporation (a joint venture of Frank DuRoss and Kenneth Roser) as an adult-contemporary simulcast with WOWB-FM, 105.5, licensed to Little Falls, N.Y. WOWB-FM was owned by Towpath Communications Limited at the time and had been on the air since 1990.

"Wow-FM", the common name for the simulcast of WOWZ/WOWB, became a Top 40 Rhythmic Station in December 1996. As Wow-FM, "The Beat of Central New York", the station went in a dance direction with Program Director J.P. Marks at the helm. Marks had previously worked on the station as the nighttime air personality under the adult contemporary format.

WOWZ was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 2000. The Top 40 Rhythmic format was abandoned and the station became WSKS-FM, "Kiss FM". It continued the simulcast with 105.5, which became WSKU during the sale to Clear Channel.

Clear Channel closed it's operations in Utica, NY in 2007, and the KISS-FM stations on 97.9 WSKS and 105.5 WSKU were purchased by Roser Communications Network. The format of the station remained the same. The current program director is Shaun Andrews.

External links

*FMQ|WSKS
*FML|WSKS
*FMQ|WSKU
*FML|WSKU
*FMARB|WSKU