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'''WHKO''' (99.1 [[Hertz|MHz]], "K99.1FM") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[FM radio|FM]] [[radio station]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. The station is owned by [[Cox Media Group]] and carries a [[country music]] [[radio format]]. Its [[radio studio|studio]]s and offices are co-located with the ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'', [[WHIO (AM)|WHIO-AM]]-[[WHIO-FM|FM]]-[[WHIO-TV|TV]], and two more radio stations in the Cox Media Center building near downtown Dayton.

 

</ref> because it [[sign-on|signed on]] in 1946, it is [[grandfather clause|grandfathered]] with a bigger signal than most FM stations in Ohio. Its power, 50,000 [[watt]]s, is the same as several FM stations in Dayton, and its [[height above average terrain]] (HAAT) at 325 meters (1,066&nbsp;ft.) is far above what would be allowed today, a maximum of 152 meters (500&nbsp;ft) for that power. WHKO's [[transmitter]] is on Germantown Street in Dayton, on co-owned [[WHIO-TV]]'s [[radio masts and towers|tower]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wHKO&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WHKO]</ref> The [[HD Radio|HD2]] [[digital subchannel]] [[simulcast]]s [[WZLR]]'s [[classic hits]] format. The HD3 subchannel plays [[urban oldies]] and feeds [[FM translator]] W254BA at 98.7&nbsp;MHz.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/W254BA-FX Radio-Locator.com/W254BA]</ref>