WKUS
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| City of license | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Norfolk/Virginia Beach |
| Branding | 105-3 KISS-FM |
| Slogan | The Best R&B And Old School |
| Frequency | 105.3 (MHz)  105.3 HD-2 for Classic Soul |
| Format | Urban AC |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | http://www.1053kiss.com |
WKUS, 105.3 Kiss-FM is a Urban AC outlet serving the Hampton Roads region. The station is a part of Clear Channel's cluster in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach market and is licensed to Norfolk, Virginia.
[edit] History
WKUS was previously known as "Vibe 105.3 - Today's R&B and Jammin' Old School" until 3/19/2004 and WSVY-FM until 3/29/2004 but kept the format. Was known as "Smooth Jazz CD 105.3" until a frequency swap with 107.7 on 6/25/2001 was motivated by Clear Channel because the owners wanted "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on a 50,000 watt Class B as to the 6,000 watt Class A they were on. With the 'Vibe' recently sliding from rhythmic oldies to adult urban contemporary, they are now in direct competition with Entercom's new "95-7 R&B". In the early 90's, was WMXN, "Mix 105.3," with an adult contemporary format until it flipped to jazz on March 17, 1995. Used to have a country format as "Eagle Country 105.3"; "Eagle Country has since moved to WGH at 97.3 FM. 105.3 started broadcasting in August 1962 in an abandoned garage in Chesapeake. For a while it was owned by Pat Robertson of "700 Club" fame (along with Channel 27, then WYAH) and featured a religious format with the WXRI call letters (the WXRI call letters now reside on a Southern Gospel station in the Greensboro area). Back in the late 40s, this station came on as WSAP-FM Portsmouth, co-owned with WSAP-AM. Eventually went dark for a number of years. In May 1989 flipped to 'Cool 105.3' WZCL and was in direct competition with 'Oldies 95.7' WLTY. Then in August 1990 it switched from oldies to Mix 105, with "Eagle Country" in between as a diversion . They were 'Eagle Country' for 6 days. This format switch happened about the same time as WGH-FM switch from Top 40 to country. Now owned by Clear Channel.
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| FM radio stations in the Hampton Roads (Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News) market (Arbitron #41) | |
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| By frequency: |
88.1 | 88.3 | 88.5/97.9/103.7/103.9 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 89.5 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 91.7/97.7/97.7/99.3 | 92.1 | 92.3 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.7 | 97.3 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 99.7 | 100.1 | 100.5 | 100.9 | 100.9 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.1 | 102.5 | 102.5/102.1 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.7 | 107.9 |
| By callsign: |
W261CN | WAFX | WAZP | WBKU/W249BH/W249BM/W257BV | WBQK | WCDG | WCWM | WCXL | WERX | WFMI | WFMZ | WFOS | WGH-FM | WGPS | WHOV | WHRO | WHRV | WJCD | WJLZ/W250AE/W279AD/W280CX | WJRX/W271AK | WKJX | WKUS | WLQM | WNOR | WNRJ | WNSB | WOWI | WPTE | WPYA | WROX | WRPC | WRSF | WRVS | WTYD | WVBW | WVKL | WWDE | WWIP | WXEZ | WXGM | WXMM | WXTG | WYCS | WYFI | WYOU |
| Other: |
See also: Hampton Roads (FM) (AM) Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford-Pulaski | Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach (FM) (AM) | Richmond (FM) (AM) | Roanoke (FM) (AM) | Fredericksburg | Winchester | Charlottesville | Harrisonburg |
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