WXYK (FM)
WXYK (105.9 FM, "105.9 The Monkey") is a CHR/Top 40 radio station based in Pascagoula-Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi. The station is owned by Telesouth Communications, Inc, and they broadcast with an ERP of 25 kW. The Monkey's signal can be heard as far as Grand Bay to Bay St Louis and far north as Wiggins and Lucedale.
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| City | Pascagoula, Mississippi |
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| Broadcast area | Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| Branding | 105.9 The Monkey |
| Slogan | "#1 For New Music" |
| Programming | |
| Format | CHR/Top 40 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Stephen Davenport (Telesouth Communications, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WOSM, WGBL, WCPR-FM, WANG, WTNI |
| History | |
| First air date | 1976 (as WGUD) |
| Former call signs | WGUD (1976-1985) WGUD-FM (1985-1994) WXYK (1994-1997) WXRG (1997-2006) WHGO (2006-2010) WQBB (2010-2019) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72132 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 95 meters (312 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 1059themonkey.com |
History
WGUD/Kiss-FM/WXRG
The station started as a country outlet as WGUD, then WGUD-FM, and finally flipping to a top 40 hits outlet as WXYK - 105.9 KISS FM until 1997 when 105.9 FM, 96.7 FM and 107.1 FM switched frequencies. KISS FM went to the 107.1 FM frequency. And then classic rock moved from the 96.7 FM frequency to the 105.9 FM frequency as Classic Rock 105.9 WXRG.
Go-FM/Classic Rock 105.9/Bob 105-9
On September 21, 2006, after a day of stunting with a loop of Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, WXRG dropped classic rock for classic hits as "105.9 GO-FM" and adopting the WHGO call letters. In 2009, the station gradually leaned back to a true Classic Rock format and rebranded as "Classic Rock 105.9".
On October 4, 2010, WHGO went off the air and was replaced by a Microsoft Sam voice reciting a countdown of the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until October 8, while interspersing a random movie quote or song lyric a few times each minute. This affected both the station's normal over-the-air frequency as well as its online stream.
On October 8, 2010 at 3 pm, WHGO relaunched as an automated Variety Hits station, branded as "Bob 105.9" with a new call sign of WQBB. The station was programmed by local radio vet, "Weerd Wayne" Watkins.
In July 2014, station owner, Triad Broadcasting was sold to Alpha Media along with sister stations, WCPR, WGBL, WXYK and WTNI
105.9 The Monkey
In December 2018, it was announced Alpha Media would be selling its Gulf Coast cluster to local Mississippi broadcast company, Telesouth Communications Inc, who already owned WOSM, the SuperTalk Mississippi in the Biloxi market. The FCC approved the sale on February 12, 2019, and closed on March 1, 2019.
On that day at midnight, after playing "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin, WQBB dropped its Variety Hits format and assumed the programming of 107-1 The Monkey, which was spun off to another local company, Port Broadcasting as part of the sale to Telesouth. The first song on "105.9 The Monkey" was "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande. This move returned the CHR format and WXYK calls to the frequency after a 22-year absence.
On-air programming
The current lineup (as of February 28, 2019) is as follows
- Morning Show (6am-10am): The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show
- Afternoon Drive (3pm-7pm): Lucas Lloyd
- Station Voices: Damen Oaks/Jamie Frye
- Program Director/Music Director: Lucas Lloyd
External links
- WXYK in the FCC's FM station database
- WXYK on Radio-Locator
- WXYK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database