WKSX-FM is an oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 music formatted radio station

Radio station

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 located in Johnston, South Carolina

Johnston, South Carolina

Johnston is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,336 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area...

, and is part of the Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

, radio market (mostly on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River

Savannah River

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). The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) to broadcast at 92.7 FM with a effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...

 (ERP) of 1.8 kW.

History

WKSX signed on August 26, 1985 as the FM to 1190 WJES-AM/Johnston, simulcasting full-time. Both stations had a mostly satellite-fed adult contemporary format, with local high school sports. For a time in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the station would feature album rock at night, but was gone by the fall of 1991, replaced with oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

. The station segued into oldies full-time by 1992 as "Oldies 92.7".

In 1996, WKSX was paired with 92.1 WJRQ in Saluda, South Carolina

Saluda, South Carolina

Saluda is a town in Saluda County, South Carolina, along the Little Saluda River. The population was 3,066 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Saluda County.Saluda is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. WJRQ became WJES-FM and both stations became "The Twins", still with an oldies format. This lasted until 2004, when WJES-FM was sold and moved to Irmo, South Carolina

Irmo, South Carolina

Irmo is a town in Lexington and Richland counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina and a suburb of Columbia. It is 12 miles outside of the city center of Columbia and is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, becoming WWNU

WWNU

WWNU is a soft adult contemporary radio station licensed to Irmo, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Double O Radio outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 92.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 15 kW...

. Since the sale, WKSX has continued with the oldies format.

The station is owned by Michaelsen Communications LLC.