WKXJ

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There was an older station WKXJ, which was renamed to WLND at about July 2007.
WKXJ
City of license Walden, Tennessee
Broadcast area Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding 103.7 KISS-FM
Slogan "Chattanooga's Hit Music Now"
Frequency 103.7 (MHz)
First air date August 29th, 2008
Format Top 40
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 89 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 14735
Callsign meaning WKXJ "Kicks FM" (former branding)
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations WLND, WRXR-FM, WUSY
Webcast Listen Live
Website kisschattanooga.com

WKXJ (103.7 FM, "103.7 KISS-FM") is a radio station licensed to Walden, Tennessee, USA, and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area. The station operates a Top 40 music format and is branded as "103.7 KISS-FM". They are owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

Station history

The 103.7 frequency is a newly assigned signal to the area, where it relocated from McMinnville, Tennessee and had been at 103.9 MHz, where its previous format was Country, now relocated to sister station WTRZ. The move to Chattanooga had been in the works since 2003. In a statement from the online website The Chattanoogan on June 18, 2008, Clear Channel VP/Market Manager Mark Bass said, "This is going to be a carefully researched radio station that reaches a huge number of listeners in the Chattanooga area with a unique format that is not in this market anywhere, and something new and unique to the country, We're taking it first step forward."[1]

Old KISS-FM logo.

On June 23, 2008, after playing a ticking clock for a few minutes, the station unveiled a "Disco" format, calling itself "Boogie 103.7". However, a few weeks later, the disco music was replaced with clips of the Rick and Bubba Show played around the clock. On August 29, 2008, the station unveiled an Adult Contemporary format and branded itself as "The River," featuring "Delilah" at night. However after a year in the format, Clear Channel decided to bring the KISS-FM brand back to Chattanooga. The last time it was used in Chattanooga was when it previously used at sister station WLND.

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