WWKZ (103.9 FM, KZ 103), is a top 40 (CHR)

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licensed to

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, and is owned by

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, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. WWKZ serves

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and Northeast

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with an ERP of 50,000

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History

WWKZ began broadcasting in 1983 on 103.5 FM and was there until June 1998, when the license was moved to Como to serve the Memphis market as

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. WWKZ's owners then moved the Top 40 format to 105.3 WWZQ-FM, and the station became "KZ105". After the frequency change, WWKZ did not have the coverage area it once had, it remained at 105.3 FM until about mid-2005 when WWKZ and WACR (103.9 now at 105.3) swapped frequencies. WWKZ once again became KZ103 and uses the slogan "Today's Best Music @ 103.9FM".

Former programming

WWKZ is an affiliate of ''The Rockin' America Top 30 Countdown'' with

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in the 1980s.

External links

* WKZ Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States IHeartMedia radio stations {{Mississippi-radio-station-stub