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WKSW
City of licenseUrbana, Ohio
Broadcast areaDayton
Branding"Kiss Country 101.7"
Slogan"Clark & Champaign County's Hometown Country Station"
First air date1979
Frequency101.7 MHz
FormatCountry
ERP3,200 watts
ClassA
Callsign meaningother than "Kiss," none
OwnerMain Line Broadcasting
Sister stationsWDHT, WGTZ, WING, WROU
WebsiteKiss Country 101.7 website
WKSW, "Kiss Country 101.7", is a Country radio station in Urbana, Ohio, serving the Dayton area, and broadcasting on the 101.7 MHz frequency. The station is owned by Main Line Broadcasting, which also owns WING-AM, WROU-FM, WDHT-FM(HOT 102.9) and WGTZ-FM(Z-93).

Early history

The station began in the mid 1960s as WCOM, the name coming from the founder and original licensee, Champaign COMmunications, the DBA of parent company Brown Publishing, owners of the Urbana Daily Citizen newspaper. It aired a mix of beautiful music and traditional middle of the road throughout the 1960s and 70s, when the station was managed by Jim Bissey. In the early 70s, it became FM stereo to liken itself with WHIO-FM and WPTW-FM at 99.1 and 95.7 FM, respectively. Religious programming was aired on Sunday evenings, until a gradual format change to adult contemporary began in 1979. The station studios were located across the street from the downtown cinema on south Main Street, in an old brick building that also housed a local printing business. The building was razed in the 1990s, after the studios and offices moved to Springfield.

WCOM becomes light rock WKSW

As the new format came into being, a new image emerged with and it along with a new owner, USA Broadcasting. The call letter changed in 1985 to WKSW as "Light Rock and Less Talk...Kiss FM". John Hall (previously with WIZE in Springfield) became its new morning personality and program director during this time. After the format switch to country, Hall later moved on to WLW in Cincinnati and WBNS (AM) in Columbus. Before Hall's death in 2004, he was at the former WCLR Piqua/WZLR Xenia "Oldies 95", with his last stop at the former WBLY in Springfield. He became the first station manager and program director of the present day WULM. Interestingly enough, WULM broadcasts from the old WIZE studios, which were named in Hall's memory in 2005, following a major renovation and upgrade. As of 2007, both WKSW-FM and competitor WULM-AM are the only surviving commercial stations to broadcast locally in the Urbana and Springfield area.

Kiss Country

WKSW switched to its present format in 1987, after a brief period with a contemporary hit format. The studios moved to Derr Road, south of Villa Road, on the north edge of Springfield, while its transmitter remains on Dugan Road, off east U.S. Route 36 in Urbana. The afternoon personality and program director is Lee Riley, who was at WONE (AM) in Dayton throughout the late 70s and 80s, during its country music years.

It has been speculated that WKSW may move its frequency to 101.5 FM and its city of license to Enon, but the construction permit for the new COL at present has not yet been officially granted. As of 2007, the 101.5 frequency is being used by W268AX, the Dayton translator of WSWO, a low power FM station in Huber Heights. Radio One applied for the move prior to the sale of the station to the new owners.

The WCOM call sign is currently used by a low power FM station in Carrboro, North Carolina, after being used as the call sign for Channel 68 in Mansfield, Ohio in the late 1980s, now WMFD-TV.

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WATT

City of license Cadillac, Michigan
Broadcast area [1]
Branding NewsTalk 1240
First air date 1945
Frequency 1240 kHz
Format News-Talk-Sports
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Owner MacDonald Garber Broadcasting
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WDHT

City of license Springfield, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "Hot 102.9"
Slogan "Blazin' Hip Hop and R&B"
First air date 1958
Frequency 102.
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WGTZ

City of license Eaton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "Z93"
Slogan "Dayton's #1 Hit Music Station"
First air date 1959
Frequency 92.
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WING

City of license Dayton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "ESPN 1410"
Slogan Same as branding
First air date 1921
Frequency 1410 KHZ
Format Sports Talk
ERP 5,000 watts-D/N
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WROU

City of license West Carrollton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding 92.1 WROU
Slogan Dayton's R&B Leader
First air date 1991
Frequency 92.
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Urbana, Ohio
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WING

City of license Dayton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "ESPN 1410"
Slogan Same as branding
First air date 1921
Frequency 1410 KHZ
Format Sports Talk
ERP 5,000 watts-D/N
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WROU

City of license West Carrollton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding 92.1 WROU
Slogan Dayton's R&B Leader
First air date 1991
Frequency 92.
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WDHT

City of license Springfield, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "Hot 102.9"
Slogan "Blazin' Hip Hop and R&B"
First air date 1958
Frequency 102.
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WGTZ

City of license Eaton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "Z93"
Slogan "Dayton's #1 Hit Music Station"
First air date 1959
Frequency 92.
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WIZE

Broadcast area Springfield, Ohio
Branding 980 Homer
Slogan The Sports Animal
First air date 1940
Frequency 1340 (kHz)
Format sports/talk
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Owner Clear Channel Communications
Website www.wone.
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WLW

City of license Cincinnati, Ohio
Broadcast area Cincinnati, Ohio (AM)
United States (SDARS)
Branding NewsRadio 700 WLW
Slogan "The Big One"
or: "The Nation's Station"
First air date March 2, 1922
Frequency 700 kHz
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