WWKS

WWKS (96.1 FM, "Kiss 96") is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Gordon P. Ackley through GARK LLC. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary music format.[1]

For the Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands radio station that held the call sign WWKS at 101.3 FM from 1996 to 2017, see WIVI.
WWKS
CityCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Frequency96.1 FM (MHz)
BrandingKiss 96.1
Programming
FormatUrban Adult Contemporary
Ownership
OwnerAckley Media Group
(GARK LLC)
Sister stationsWVJZ, WIVI, WVWI
History
First air dateMay 17, 1988
Former call signsWIVI (1988-2017)
Call sign meaningKiss
Technical information
Facility ID57787
ClassB1
ERP2,400 watts
HAAT457 meters (1,500 feet)
Transmitter coordinates18°21′33″N 64°58′18″W
Links
Websiteamg.vi

Lonely Planet's 2001 guide to the Virgin Islands described this station as, "probably the most popular rock & roll station" in the USVI.[2]

Pirate Radio logo

The station was assigned the WIVI call sign by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on May 17, 1988.[3] The station had branded itself as "Pirate Radio" before a flip to the "Hitz 96" moniker on October 1, 2009 and again reverting to the "Pirate Radio" moniker in 2015.

The station swapped call signs and formats with its sister station WWKS on July 1, 2017.

Ownership

In May 2007, WIVI was sold by Rox Radio Enterprises Inc. (Jason Ackley, president, CEO) to Gordon P. Ackley. Rox Radio, 60% owned by Gordon Ackley, assigned WIVI to GARK LLC, which is 100% owned by Ackley, for a reported $300,000.[4]

gollark: I *have* heard of it. It's just an annoying sort of proverb.
gollark: That *would* be pretty cool.
gollark: Or are you doing something where you invisibly hide fingers in text with zero width character steganography or something?
gollark: Is "finger" a metaphor for "things which are not actually fingers"?
gollark: I'm not looking at any fingers. Except possibly my own, since they are in front of me when I use a keyboard. Unless you count the kermit's in the thumbnail.

References
  1. "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet. pp. 41. ISBN 0-86442-735-2.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. BIA Financial Networks (2007-05-14). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable.


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