KKWD

KKWD

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Bethany, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City metropolitan area
Frequency	104.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Wild 104.9 HD
Programming
Format	Rhythmic Top 40
Ownership
Owner	The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC (sale to Citadel Broadcasting pending)
Sister stations	KINB
History
First air date	1965? as KNBQ
Call sign meaning	K K WilD
Technical information
Facility ID	6509
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Links
Website	wild1049hd.com

KKWD, known as "WILD 104.9", is a Rhythmic Top 40 radio station serving the Oklahoma City area. The The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC outlet broadcasts at 104.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 6 kW and is licensed to Bethany, Oklahoma.

This station's previous owner, Citadel Broadcasting relinquished 11 of its radio stations including KKWD to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC upon merger of many ABC Radio stations. However, Arbitron has expanded Oklahoma City's market definition allowing Citadel to own 5 FM stations, which would mean that Citadel will reaquire KKWD from Last Bastion into its portfolio.

History

The station was on the air as CHR KNBQ in 1965 from the Coronado Shopping Center at 39th and MacArthur (NE Corner). Later that year the station flipped to Gospel and changed its call sign to KGOY (K-JOY). In the 1980s the station was broadcasting Inspirational music, then switched to a Christian Adult Contemporary format with the calls KJIL ("Jesus Is Lord"). On March 19, 1990 the station changed calls to KNTL ("News Talk Leader") and with a News/Talk format, but later it shifted to Christian Teaching.

Citadel Broadcasting purchased the station, along with "SportsRadio 640" WWLS-AM and "Sports Talk 1340 KEBC-AM, in 1998. With its new owner, KNTL was changed to a Sports/Talk format. The station was known as “WWLS The Sports Animal”, a mirror of WWLS-AM, but on April 11, 2002 the Sports Animal moved to 105.3 FM. WWLS-FM became "K-Bull" with the calls KQBL and adopted a Hot Country format until Christmas 2002. On December 26, 2002 the station returned to sports/talk “WWLS The Sports Animal,” but the station was still operating under the KQBL calls until the WWLS-FM calls returned on March 6, 2003. On October 23, 2006 KKWD swaped signals with sister station WWLS-FM and moved to the 104.9 frequency from 97.9 in order to have a new High Definition signal. Under its format playing Hip Hop, R&B and some Pop, KKWD's main competitors are Urban rival KVSP and Top 40 Pop rival KJYO.

WILD DJ'S

Monday- Friday

The Joey and Heather Morning Show

6:00 AM- 10:00 AM

Carissa

10:00 AM- 2:00 PM

Ronnie

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Bobby the Italian Stallion

6:00 PM- 10:00 PM

Nita Sky

10:00 PM- 2:00 AM

Sean,and Kat

2:00 AM- 6:00 AM

External links

• KKWD station website
• The Joey and Heather Morning Show
• KKWD in the FCC FM station database
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• KKWD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database