WKKJ (94.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States. The station is owned by

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and features local news and high school sports with agricultural news from

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History

On December 22, 1978, WFCB signed on the air. It was owned by Terins Enterprises and was powered at only 3,000 watts. It could only be heard in Chillicothe and nearby communities. In 1989, it was acquired by the Wyandot Radio Corporation, which also owned WCHI.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-342
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acquired WFCB, it switched the format to

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. In 2002, co-owned WKKJ (93.3 FM) was moved to the more lucrative Columbus

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, 50 miles north of Chillicothe, with

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as the new

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. In order to clear this move from Chillicothe to Ashville, WFCB changed call letters to WKKJ, assumed the

format heard on the previous WKKJ, and reassigned all on- and off-air personnel, effectively becoming the successor station to the previous WKKJ. After the switch, WKKJ was re-imaged as "94 Country".

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