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WKSE (98.5 MHz) is a commercialFMradio stationlicensed to Niagara Falls, New York, serving the Buffalo metropolitan area and Western New York. It has a Top 40/CHRradio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc., with studios on Corporate Parkway in Amherst, New York. It calls itself Kiss 98.5.
WKSE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 46,000 watts. The transmitter is off Staley Avenue on Grand Island, New York.[1] Its signal extends into the Niagara Region of Ontario as well as Hamilton and Toronto. WKSE broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannelsimulcastssports radiosister stationWGR550 AM. The HD3 subchannel simulcasts co-owned WBEN 930's news/talk programming.
In January 1, 1946; 76 years ago (1946-01-01), the station signed on as WHLD-FM.[2] It was the FM counterpart to WHLD1270 AM and largely simulcast the AM station's programming in its early years. In the late 1960s, it switched to a beautiful music format with some classical music programming as well.
The station changed its call sign to WZIR in 1980, WRXT in 1984, and the current call sign in early 1985. The current Top 40/CHR format has been in place since September 1984. Much of its playlist overlaps that of sister station Star 102.5 at times. WKSE carried the syndicated weekly show The Rockin' America Top 30 Countdown with Scott Shannon throughout the 1980s.
WKSE sold its broadcast tower to Vertical Bridge in March 2019. WKSE continues to use the tower under a leasing arrangement.[3]
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Janet Snyder has been the station's morning show co-host since 1989, with her co-host Nicholas Pickolas joining in 1994.
1. Although WHTZ is licensed to Newark, New Jersey, it also serves the New York City area, with both its studios and its transmitter atop the Empire State Building in New York City.
2. Although WLYK is licensed to—and has its transmitter in—Cape Vincent, New York, it also serves Kingston, Ontario, Canada with main operations and studios in Kingston.
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* = Audacy operates under a CBS Brands License Agreement as producer with distribution handled by Westwood One.
† = Operated by Bloomberg L.P. pursuant to a time brokerage agreement.
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