WTKS-FM

WTKS-FM is a radio station airing a hybrid talk radio/classic rock format. The station is licensed by the (U.S.) Federal Communications Commission to broadcast from Cocoa Beach, Florida (though the studio is located in Maitland, Florida), and serves mainly the Orlando and Central Florida areas. A transmitter tower is in Bithlo, Florida.

Programming

Most of the programs are designed to appeal to young adults. The nights and weekend programming is classic rock. Over the past six years, parent iHeartMedia, Inc. has picked shows from this station to be a part of XM Radio's Extreme XM channel 152.

WTKS broadcasts an urban contemporary format, branded as "104.5 The Beat", on its HD2 subchannel, which is also simulcast on translator W283AN (104.5 FM).

History

104.1 FM began operations in 1962 as WRKT-FM with an automated jazz format, and was the sister station to WRKT-AM (now WKQK). The station was owned by C. Sweet Smith. In 1967, the station changed formats to progressive rock with the new calls WKPE; the station was initially automated, but eventually added more live announcers. WKPE reverted to the WRKT calls in 1977 with a Top 40 format as "Rocket 104," then shifting its format to Adult Contemporary in 1980.