WWKL
| City of license | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | Hot 93.5 |
| Slogan | "Harrisburg's Hottest Hits" |
| Frequency | 93.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1978 |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 1,250 watts |
| HAAT | 219 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 54021 |
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| Callsign meaning | We're KooL (former branding "Cool 92.1") |
| Former callsigns | WQVE (1978-1983) WKCD-FM (1983-1985) WTPA-FM (1985-1986) WTPA (1986-2011) |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Sister stations | WHGB, WZCY-FM, WNNK, WQXA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WWKL (93.5 FM, "Hot 93.5") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, Inc. and broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format, as stated by its owner.[1] But in 2015, the station started to shift towards Rhythmic Contemporary by adding current Hip-Hop/Pop crossover hits.
History
The station signed on for the first time in 1978 as WQVE with the slogan "QV93" under ownership of West Shore Broadcasting. The slogan was changed to "Magic 93" in 1982, followed by a call sign change to WKCD.[2]
In 1985, "FM104" WTPA changed call signs to WNNK and the slogan to "Wink 104". At that time, Jim O'Leary was an owner of WKCD, and his wife, Carol, was the General Manager at FM104. The two organized a transfer of the WTPA call sign and the station's rock music format to 93.5.[3] In 1987, WTPA relocated its transmitter to a location closer to Harrisburg, along with an increase in effective radiated power from 535 to 830 watts.[4]
By the late 1990s, AMFM, Inc. owned WTPA. AMFM was purchased by Clear Channel in a deal announced on October 3, 1999, and valued at $17.4 billion.[5] As a condition of the Clear Channel-AMFM merger, the United States Department of Justice forced the new company to sell 99 radio stations in 27 markets in United States. WTPA was one, as well as Harrisburg-area stations WNNK, WTCY and WNCE-FM. All went to Cumulus Media.[6]
In 2011, the United States Department of Justice approved the purchase of Citadel Broadcasting by Cumulus, provided that Cumulus divest itself of three stations,[7] two of which were WWKL and WCAT-FM as well as the "intellectual property" of WTPA.[8] Cumulus chose to swap the WTPA and WWKL licenses, effectively moving WTPA and its classic rock format to 92.1 and WWKL and its contemporary hit radio format to 93.5. Following the swap, the station changed its slogan to "Hot 93.5".[9][10]
HD radio
Cumulus Broadcasting began adding HD Radio equipment to some of its stations in 2005. One of the first ten stations to receive the new technology was WTPA, now WWKL.[11]
Previous logo
References
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External links
- HOT 93.5 WWKL official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WWKL
- Radio-Locator information on WWKL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWKL
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