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WKSQ

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WKSQ/WQSK
Kiss-FM Logo (As Of September 1, 2018).png
Broadcast areaWKSQ: Bangor - Down East
WQSK: Skowhegan - Augusta
FrequencyWKSQ: 94.5 MHz
WQSK: 97.5 MHz
BrandingKiss FM
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
WABK-FM, WBAK, WBFB, WBFE, WBKA, WQSS, WTOS, WTOS-FM, WTUX, WVOM-FM, WVQM
History
First air date
WKSQ: May 27, 1982; 40 years ago (1982-05-27)
WQSK: November 29, 1989; 33 years ago (1989-11-29)
Former call signs
WQSK:
WHAA (1989-1995)
WIGY (1995–2013)
Call sign meaning
WKSQ: KiSs Q
WQSK: similar to WKSQ
Technical information
Facility IDWKSQ: 341
WQSK: 28684
ClassWKSQ: B
WQSK: A
ERPWKSQ: 11,500 watts
WQSK: 6,000 watts
HAATWKSQ: 313 meters
WQSK: 100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
WKSQ: 44°39′31″N 68°36′17″W / 44.65861°N 68.60472°W / 44.65861; -68.60472 (WKSQ)
WQSK: 44°47′32″N 69°58′10″W / 44.79222°N 69.96944°W / 44.79222; -69.96944 (WQSK)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitekissfm.net

WKSQ (94.5 MHz "Kiss-FM") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ellsworth, Maine, and serving the Bangor metropolitan area. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. It is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.[1] Programming is simulcast in the Skowhegan area on WQSK (97.5 FM) in Madison, which was formerly part of Fox Sports Maine. And in the Mid Coast area, WKSQ is simulcast on WQSS (102.5 FM) in Camden, which formerly offered its own adult contemporary format.[2][3]

WKSQ carries Maine Black Bears football and men's hockey, sharing flagship status of the Black Bear Sports Network with WAEI.[4] In morning drive time, WKSQ carries The Bob and Sheri Show syndicated from WKQC-FM Charlotte. It had carried Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh in the evening, until 2019.

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  • Former logo used from February 24, 2014, through August 31, 2018

    Former logo used from February 24, 2014, through August 31, 2018

Source: "WKSQ", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 26th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKSQ.

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References
  1. ^ "WKSQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ Venta, Lance (February 24, 2014). "Blueberry Creates Maine AC Trimulcast". Radio Insight. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  3. ^ Wolf, Chris (February 21, 2014). "Radio's Midcoast 102.5 slips away". Penobscot Bay Pilot. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Mahoney, Larry (June 14, 2011). "KISS 94.5 FM to join WAEI in broadcasting Maine games". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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