WKSE

WKSE (98.5 FM, branded as KISS 98.5) is a Top 40 (CHR) station serving the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region of Western New York. The station's transmitter is located in Grand Island, New York. It has a sizable market in the Greater Toronto Area, but unlike the WBLK of old, does little marketing and promotion outside Western New York, but now has to compete with two CHR/Top 40 stations, (after the format change of CKIS-FM) in the Greater Toronto Area; therefore, this will lower the number of listeners there. It is currently owned by Audacy, Inc., with studios located on Corporate Parkway in Amherst, New York.

WKSE
CityNiagara Falls, New York
Broadcast areaBuffalo, New York
Frequency98.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingKiss 98.5
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatContemporary hit radio
SubchannelsHD2: Sports radio (WGR)
HD3: Talk radio (WBEN)
Ownership
OwnerAudacy, Inc.
(Audacy License, LLC)
History
First air date
1947 (1947)
Former call signs
WHLD-FM (1947–80)
WIZR (1980–84)
WRXT (1984–85)
Call sign meaning
KiSE as in Kiss
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34384
ClassB
ERP46,000 watts
HAAT128 meters (420 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
43.005°N 78.993°W / 43.005; -78.993
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/kiss985

History

WKSE signed on as WHLD-FM in 1947. It changed its call sign to WZIR in 1980, WRXT in 1984, and the current call sign in early 1985. It currently runs a Top 40 format, which has been in place since September 1984. Much of its playlist overlaps that of sister station Star 102.5 at times. WKSE was also an affiliate of The Rockin' America Top 30 Countdown with Scott Shannon throughout the 1980s. (The 102.5 frequency was a CHR competitor of WKSE in the late 1980s and early 1990s as WMJQ "Majic 102").

WKSE sold its broadcast tower to Vertical Bridge in March 2019; WKSE will continue to use the tower under a leasing arrangement.[1]

Programming

Janet Snyder has been the station's morning show co-host since 1989, with her co-host Nicholas Pickolas joining in 1994.

References
  1. https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2019/03/07/real-estate-notes-wkse-fm-tower-sells-for-1-47.html


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