WZKX

WZKX
City	Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
Branding	Kicker 108
Frequency	107.9 MHz
Format	Hot Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	465.2 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	17477
Owner	Coast Radio Group, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kicker108.com

WZKX (107.9 FM, "Kicker 108") is a hot country music formatted radio station based in Gulfport–Biloxi-Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. The station is owned by Coast Radio Group, Inc., and they broadcast with an ERP of 100,000 watts.

History

In the early 1980s WZKX was one of the only AOR radio stations on the Gulf Coast. With the station located in Orange Grove - just north of Gulfport Mississippi, many of the "redneck rockers" relied on "Rock 107" to play heavier album tracks from Boston to Rush. A "Power Rock Song" at the top of the hour was the only requirement for most of the FM Air personalities.

Just like the plot in the 1978 movie "FM", management brought in tapes and playlists and by 1982 free form AOR disappeared (along with some talent like late night's DJ Jeff Davis, though Mark "In the Middle" McGraw remained.)

In 1987, WZKX started broadcasting at its 1,400-foot (430 m) tower in McHenry, Mississippi, and became a Top 40 hits outlet as Power 108 for South Mississippi until a 1994 switch to country as Kicker 108.

The original Power 108 airstaff was Brian Rhodes mornings, with the late Dave Melton, Sr. doing news, Mark McCraw doing middays (Mark in the Middle), P.D. The Real Rick James doing afternoons, and Mark ("The Top Gun") Gunn doing nights. Reverend Red (Collins Powell) did late nights.

Signal

WZKX's upgraded 1,500-foot (460 m) tower with a 100,000-watt signal can reach east to Mobile, Alabama, west to New Orleans, Louisiana, and north to Laurel, Mississippi.

External links

Kicker 108 WZKX official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WZKX

Radio-Locator information on WZKX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WZKX

Radio stations in the Biloxi–Gulfport–Pascagoula, Mississippi market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.3 91.7 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.7 97.9 99.1 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.9 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	870 1130 1190 1240 1390 1490 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

By callsign	KEC61 KIH21 W209CF WAOY WBUV WCPR-FM WGBL WGCM WGCM-FM WJZD-FM WKNN-FM WMAH-FM WMEJ WMJY WOLM WOSM WOTB WPAS WQBB WQFX WQRZ-LP WQYZ WROA WTNI WWL WXBD WXYK WZKX WZNF

Nearby radio markets Lake Ponchartrain Laurel-Hattiesburg Mobile New Orleans See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

Country radio stations in the state of Mississippi

By frequency:	780 930 1240 1290 1320 1360 1400 1440 1500 1570 1570 92.1 92.1 94.9 95.1 95.1 95.3 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.7 98.3 99.1 100.1 100.5 100.7 100.9 101.3 101.9 102.9 104.9 105.5 105.7 105.7 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.1 107.3 107.5 107.9

By callsign:	WADI WAKH WAVN WBBN WBBV WBIP WBKN WBLE WBYP WCKK WDMS WDTL WEBL WFCG WFFF WFTA WIIN WIZK WJDR WJXN-FM WKDJ-FM WKNN-FM WKOR-FM WKXY WKZU WLEE WLSM-FM WMJW WMSI-FM WOKK WONA-FM WQNZ WQMS WQXB WRBE-FM WRJW WSFZ WTYL WTYL-FM WUCL WUSJ WVGG WWMS WWZD-FM WZKX

By community of license:	Batesville Bay Saint Louis Bay Springs Belzoni Booneville Brookhaven Clarksdale Coldwater Columbia Columbus Corinth De Kalb Fulton Greenville Grenada Indianola Iuka Jackson (WMSI-FM Jackson (WSFZ) Louisville Lucedale Lucedale Madison McComb Meridian Merigold Natchez New Albany Oxford Pascagoula Picayune Prentiss Quitman Ridgeland Rosedale Southaven Taylorville Tylertown Tylertown Tylertown Utica Vicksburg Walnut Grove Winona Winona

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Mississippi

Coordinates: 30°45′07″N 89°03′25″W / 30.752°N 89.057°W / 30.752; -89.057

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