WJKS (FM)

WJKS (104.3 FM) is a Classic Hip Hop formatted radio station in the Champlain Valley of northern New England in the United States. WJKS is licensed to Keeseville, New York

In 2008, the station was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to change its city of license from Hartford, Vermont to Keeseville, New York, increase ERP to 25,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 88 meters using a directional antenna. With this facility, WJKS serves the Champlain Valley.

History

The station first took its callsign WVFA on May 3, 1991 and changed to WGLV on June 14, 1991. It officially launched on March 15, 1992 with a Religious format in Hartford, Vermont. On October 11, 2000, the station launched its WWOD calls and changed the format to Oldies as "Oldies 104.3". WWOD, along with 28 other Nassau Broadcasting stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. WWOD and 11 of the other stations, were then acquire by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro. As this would put Shapiro over the Federal Communications Commission's ownership limits in the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction market, WWOD and WEXP were acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard. This transaction was consummated on November 30, 2012, with the WWOD/WEXP portion of the purchase valued at $600,000.

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