WRKS

WRKS (105.9 FM, "The Zone") is a radio station licensed to Pickens, Mississippi, although its studio is located in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Launched on July 2, 2009, the station's format is sports, with programming from ESPN Radio. WRKS is owned by Alpha Media through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC Debtor in Possession. Along with five other sister stations, its studios are located in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, while the transmitter tower is in Canton.

For the New York City radio station which used the WRKS call letters from 1981 to 2012, see WEPN-FM.
WRKS
Broadcast areaJackson, Mississippi
Frequency105.9 MHz
BrandingESPN 105.9 The Zone
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Alpha Media
  • (Alpha Media Licensee LLC Debtor in Possession)
WJMI, WJNT, WKXI-FM, WOAD, WJQS
History
First air date
1980 (as WXMR)
Former call signs
WXMR (1980-1982)
WLTD (1982-1995)
WYJS (1995-2004)
WOAD-FM (2004-2009)
WZNO (2009-2012)
Call sign meaning
Previously used on the historical "98.7 KiSs FM" (now WEPN-FM) in New York City
Technical information
Facility ID29512
ClassC2
ERP23,000 watts
HAAT224 meters
Transmitter coordinates
32°38′53″N 89°59′20″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.thezone1059.com

History

105.9 FM started out in 1980 with the call sign WXMR. (A variety-format, low-powered radio station in Marengo, Illinois has since taken over the WXMR call-letters.) On June 1, 1982, the call sign was changed to WLTD, then to WYJS on December 15, 1995. On January 16, 2004, the call sign was again changed to WOAD-FM with an urban gospel format as "Power 105.9". On July 3, 2009, the urban gospel format was dropped for a sports format as "The Zone" with the call sign again changing to WZNO. The station had been owned by Inner City Broadcasting of New York City until Inner City Broadcasting's bankruptcy in the early 2010s, at which time YMF Media took over the station.[1] The WRKS callsign had been used for a New York station on 98.7 FM until its owner, Emmis Communications, flipped to an ESPN Radio simulcast and sold the rights to the WRKS name to YMF, which then transferred it to WZNO.[2]

WRKS and five other YMF Media stations were sold to L&L Broadcast Holdings on September 24, 2013. The purchase price was $9.4 million. Since July 1, 2014, the station has been owned by Alpha Media, following a further merger.

References
  1. "Court OKs YMF Media LMA Of Inner City Stations". All Access Music Group. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  2. FCC Call Sign History for WRKS


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