WKZA (106.9 FM) is a

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broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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area. The station is currently owned by MediaOne Radio Group.

History

The station originally intended to sign on as WKSQ-FM, as FCC records dated September 5, 2000 indicate. On October 9, 2000, the station changed its call sign to the current WKZA, the call sign made popular by a now-defunct AM station in nearby

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. However, the station did not sign on until late November 2000. The station's first format was a

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, airing continuous

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. Soon after, the station "officially" signed on with its format of

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hit radio, which it has maintained ever since. As an independently owned station, WKZA sometimes leaned toward hot adult contemporary, thus overlapping and competing against

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, the established adult-contemporary station in Jamestown. MediaOne Group, owners of WWSE, purchased WKZA from its owners Cross Country Communications in August 2018, closing on its deal October 31 of that year.Fybush, Scott (August 20, 2018)
NERW 8/20/18: Media One Grows in Jamestown
''NorthEast Radio Watch''. Retrieved August 20, 2018. With the change, each station received a clear focus: WKZA would serve as a pure top-40 outlet, WWSE would stay with hot adult contemporary, while gold-based soft adult contemporary would move to AM/FM outlet

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. WKZA temporary morning host Kyle Lewis was retained in the purchase, moving to afternoons, and Andrew Hill and Noel Blackhall began doing the morning show separate from their afternoon program on sister station WWSE. Ryan Seacrest hosts the midday shift, Direct from Hollywood and still airs AT40 on the weekend. The Rendezvous love program airs from 8-10pm each weeknight with Simon Marcel. The station's syndicated programming includes the Top 30 Remix with Hollywood Hamilton and Slow Jams' with R. Dub.

References

External links

Official Website
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