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WKIT
Broadcast areaBangor, Maine
Frequency100.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding100.3 WKIT
Programming
FormatMainstream rock
Subchannels
  • HD3: Oldies (WZON simulcast)
  • Affiliations
  • United Stations Radio Networks
  • Ownership
    OwnerThe Zone Corporation

    Sister stations

    WZLO, WZON
    History

    First air date

    1979; 45 years ago (1979)

    Former call signs

    • WGUY-FM (1979–1987)
  • WKIT-FM (1987–2020)
  • Former frequencies

    100.9 MHz (1979–1988)[1]
    Technical information[2]

    Licensing authority

    FCC
    Facility ID25747
    ClassB
    ERP16,000 watts
    HAAT269 meters (883 ft)

    Transmitter coordinates

    44°40′39N 68°45′15W / 44.67750°N 68.75417°W / 44.67750; -68.75417
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
  • WebcastListen Live
    Websitewww.wkitfm.com

    WKIT (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensedtoBrewer, Maine, serving the Bangor area of Central Maine. It airs a mainstream rock radio format, calling itself "The Rock of Bangor."

    WKIT is part of the Zone Corporation, a Central Maine broadcasting group owned by authors Tabitha and Stephen King. It has studios and offices on Target Industrial Drive in Bangor. The transmitter is off Center Drive in Orrington.[3]

    WKIT is one of the few radio stations that still has a strong presence of live local announcers in the studio. However, on the weekends the station carries some syndicated programming. WKIT also streams its programming on the Internet via the official station website.

    Notable on air personalities include the "Rock and Roll Morning Show" hosts Bobby Russell and Mark "The Shark" Young, midday host Don Cookson, afternoon host Scotty Moore and Simulcasting "Nights With Alice Cooper".

    On Stephen King's official website, there is an advertisement for WKIT.

    In King's novel 11/22/63, Jake saves most of the Dunning family and when he comes back to 2011 he looks up Ellen Dunning (who was 7 in 1958) and calls her, finding she's a "jock for WKIT in Bangor, you know, a disk jockey?".

    WKIT's main competitors are Classic Rock 95.7 WWMJinEllsworth and Mainstream Rock WTOS-FM Skowhegan, which is simulcastonAM 910 and FM translator 105.3 in Bangor.

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Astbury, Carroll (July 16, 1987). "Brewer radio station to increase signal". Bangor Daily News. p. 21. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  • ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKIT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ Radio-Locator.com/WKIT
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