WKHK (95.3 FM) is a

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formatted

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licensed to

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, serving

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and Petersburg in

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. WKHK is owned and operated by SummitMedia. The station's studios and offices are located west of Richmond proper in unincorporated Chesterfield County, and its

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is located in

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. WKHK is licensed by the

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to broadcast in the HD digital hybrid format.

WKHK-HD2

On August 7, 2016, WKHK-HD2 and simulcasting translator

W282CA W282CA is a classic country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Richmond, Virginia. W282CA is owned by Radio by Grace, Inc., and operated by SummitMedia. History On August 7, 2016, W282CA signed on for the first time and b ...

signed on for the first time. The new stations began stunting with ''

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'', by

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and

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, on a loop. The stunt ended just after Noon, on August 9, and the

Classic Hip Hop Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after ...

format began. Using

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's Classic Hip Hop network, the first song heard on the station was ''Rock It'' by

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. On May 7, 2021, WKHK-HD2/W282CA dropped the classic hip hop format and began simulcasting WKHK. On January 11, 2022, WKHK-HD2/W282CA dropped the WKHK simulcast and changed its format to classic country as "Classic Country 104.3".

WKHK-HD3

WKHK-HD3 carries a non-commercial

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format branded as "The Journey," based at

WRVL WRVL is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WRVL is owned and operated by Liberty University. History WRVL went on the air in July 1981 and faced a series of ...

in Lynchburg which feeds translator W235AI at 94.9 FM.

References

External links

K95 Online
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