WKHK
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| Broadcast area | Richmond–Petersburg |
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| Frequency | 95.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | K95.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music[1] |
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| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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| W282CA, W291CL, WJSR, WKLR, WURV | |
| History | |
First air date | November 17, 1972 |
Former call signs | WPVA-FM (1972–1984)[2] |
Call sign meaning | Kick (previous branding) |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 319 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 47,000 watts |
| HAAT | 156 meters (512 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°26′22.0″N 77°26′1.0″W / 37.439444°N 77.433611°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | FM/HD1 Listen live Listen live (via iHeartRadio) (HD2) |
| Website | k95country.com |
WKHK (95.3 FM "K95.3") is a commercial radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States, serving Richmond and Petersburg.[1] It broadcasts a country format and is owned by SummitMedia.[4] The studios are in Richmond on Moorefield Park Drive near Midlothian Turnpike (U.S. Route 60).[5]
The transmitter is in Bensley, Virginia. WKHK broadcasts in HD Radio;[6] WKHK's subchannels play classic country and Christian contemporary formats.
The station signed on the air on November 17, 1972.[7] Its original call sign was WPVA-FM, the sister station to WPVA 1290 AM (now WDZY). Both stations were owned by Sterling Broadcasting, simulcasting a full service country music format.[8] Because the AM station was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night, WPVA-FM was able to continue broadcasting its country music into the evening.
WPVA-AM-FM were originally licensed to Petersburg but later changed their city of license to the suburb of Colonial Heights. At the time, WPVA-FM was only powered at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. That limited its signal to Petersburg and adjacent communities but not the larger Richmond radio market. In 1984, WPVA-FM separated its programming from the AM station, going with a more music country sound, with fewer interruptions and DJ chatter. It changed its call letters to WKHK, to represent the word "kick" (The WKHK call sign had been used for a New York City country station on 106.7 FM between 1980 and 1984. That station is now adult contemporary WLTW Lite-FM).
In 1988, WKHK was acquired by ABS Richmond Partners.[9] It was given permission by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase its power. That allowed it to cover the larger, more lucrative Richmond metropolitan area.
Cox Media bought WKHK in 2000.[10] The Atlanta-based company has newspaper, cable and broadcasting properties around the U.S. In February 2013, Cox sold its radio properties in Richmond, including WKHK, and several other markets to SummitMedia, based in Birmingham, Alabama.[11]