KIOK (94.9 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

also known as "94.9 The Wolf" and broadcasts a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format. Licensed to

Richland, Washington Richland () is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States. It is located in southeastern Washington at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 60,560. Along with the nearby c ...

, United States, the station serves the

Tri-Cities, Washington The Tri-Cities are three closely linked cities ( Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland) at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington. The cities border one another, making the Tri-Cities se ...

area. The station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group of Tulsa, Oklahoma. KIOK is simulcast on FM translator K232CB 94.3 MHz at

Pendleton, Oregon Pendleton is a city and the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon. The population was 17,107 at the time of the 2020 census, which includes approximately 1,600 people who are incarcerated at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. Pendleton ...

. In 1978 when KIOK signed on the air with an Album Oriented Rock format the studios were located at 310 W. Kennewick Ave. At that time the station was owned by Sterling Recreation Organization, (SRO), who also owned Seattle's KZOK-FM. The Kennewick avenue location was the former site of the historic Benton Theatre which, at the time, was also owned by Sterling Recreation Organization. KIOK became a contemporary hit music station known as “OK 95” in the 1980s until 1996, when it changed to “Thunder Country 94.9” under new ownership. KIOK currently broadcasts from 4304 W. 24th in Kennewick, Washington, and is known as "94-9 The Wolf". KIOK was one of 14 licenses transferred from the James Instad family to Stephens Media Group in a deal that was announced in April 201

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