WKIC is a radio station

Radio station

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 operated by Mountain Broadcasting Service that broadcasts from studios on Main Street in Hazard, Kentucky

Hazard, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,806 people, 1,946 households, and 1,266 families residing in the city. The population density was 684.6 people per square mile . There were 2,291 housing units at an average density of 326.4 per square mile...

. It airs a Hot AC

Contemporary hit radio

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 music format. The legendary call sign of WKIC has been heard on the AM dial for over 60 years. WKIC-FM began broadcasting at 96.5 in the 1950s. Shortly afterwards WKIC-FM moved to 94.1. In 1964 WKIC began broadcasting on 101.1. The call sign was changed to WSGS

WSGS

WSGS is a radio station based in Hazard, Kentucky. The station first began broadcasting in the 1950s as the first FM station in the East Kentucky Coal Fields During the 1960s WSGS held the distinction of being the most powerful FM in the state...

 in 1970. WKIC returned to the FM dial in 2009 at 97.9.

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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since August 24, 2009.