WKKO

WKKO is a commercial FM radio station in Toledo, Ohio broadcasting on 99.9 MHz with a country music format.

History

The 99.9 MHz spot on the FM dial in Toledo, Ohio was originally populated by WTRT, known as one of the nation's first FM-band Top-40 format radio stations. In the late 1960s the station became WKLR, playing soul music, later known as "Kooler 99". During the summer of 1981 the station changed to country, kept the WKLR call letters, and changed its "name" to K100. Joe Hill, now retired of Family Life Radio- Tucson AZ was the announcer on the air when K-100 (Then WKLR) went from 8,000 watts to 50,000 watts in the summer of 1982. After the power up, the station was heard in Detroit. In 1986 it changed the call letters from WKLR-FM to WKKO. The station was owned by Booth American of Detroit for some 30 years, then Fritz Broadcasting (also from Detroit) beginning in 1994. It was then sold to Cumulus Broadcasting in 1997. Cumulus, (originally a Toledo company) now based in Atlanta, still owns WKKO.