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| Broadcast area | South Central Pennsylvania -Harrisburg -Lancaster -York |
| Frequency | 106.7MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | HOT 106.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Rhythmic contemporary |
| Ownership | |
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| WHGB,WNNK-FM,WQXA-FM,WTPA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 30, 1964; 61 years ago (1964-04-30) (as WMSH-FM) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Sounds like "cool" (former branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 64842 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 14,000watts |
| HAAT | 283 meters (928 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°10′16.3″N76°35′48.8″W / 40.171194°N 76.596889°W /40.171194; -76.596889 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WWKL (106.7FM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toHershey, Pennsylvania, and servingSouth Central Pennsylvania, includingHarrisburg,Lancaster andYork. It is owned byCumulus Media and it broadcasts arhythmic contemporaryformat. The studios are on Vartan Way in Harrisburg.
WWKL is aClass B FM station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000watts. Thetransmittertower is on Tower Road inElizabethtown.[2] It broadcasts usingHD Radio technology.
The stationsigned on the air on April 13, 1964.[3] Its originalcall sign was WMSH-FM and it was based inElizabethtown. WMSH was thesister station to an AM outlet at 1600kHz.
FM 106.7 became WEPN-FM in 1969 and then WPDC-FM in 1971. In 1980, it switched its call letters to WRKZ and branded as "Z107" with acountry music format. Thecity of license was moved to Hershey and the power was boosted.
In 2002, call letters were changed to WCAT-FM and the station was re-branded as Cat Country 106.7. The WRKZ call letters were moved to 102.3 FM inCarlisle and the two stations began a simulcast.
On February 19, 2004, the station changed its call sign to WCPP and rebranded asCoolpop.[4] This was after over 24 hours ofstunting by playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" on a continuous loop. Many rumors circulated, trying to explain the loop. There were even rumors of a staff member taking hostages and locking him/herself in the studio and repeatedly playing the song. This proved false when aTop 40 (CHR) format was launched with "Hey Ya!" byOutkast.
The original air staff of Coolpop included only one live show, "Michelle & Mitchell" in the morning. The midday and afternoon shifts werevoicetracked byDJs fromCitadel Broadcasting Companysister stationWNTQ 93Q inSyracuse, New York. By Spring 2004, a full line up of live local talent was hired. Sarah Vaughn on middays and Justin Louis on afternoons were added, along with the live Michelle & Mitchell morning show.
Coolpop was marketed as "The World's First Coolpop Station", mixing a standard Mainstream CHR format along with some 1970s and 1980s "Cassette Classics" (later renamed "Coolpop Classics").
Coolpop also alternated theme weekends every other weekend. Some theme weekends included "One Hit Wonders", "Diva Doubleplays", "Coolpop Classics", and the popular 1970s-themed "Studio 106.7".
In early fall 2004, Michelle & Mitchell were replaced with Ed Coffey and Amy Warner. They had been hosts of a long running morning show from Harrisburg'sWTPA-FM. The pair had been fired from that station earlier in the summer.
On July 1, 2005, Coolpop was suddenly replaced with anAdult Hits format branded asMix 106.7.
On April 9, 2010, Mix 106.7 was flipped toChannel 106.7, and was reformatted with a 1980s and 1990s Hits/Gen X format.
Citadel merged withCumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[5]
The Gen X format was dropped on January 20, 2012 at 1:06 p.m. At that point, the station became WZCY-FM "Z Country 106.7." The last song on Channel 106.7 wasBye Bye Bye by*Nsync, and the first song on Z Country 106.7 wasThis Is Country Music byBrad Paisley.
On February 3, 2014, at 12 p.m., WZCY-FM, along with nine other Cumulus-owned country music stations, made the switch to "Nash FM" branding asNash FM 106.7.[6] The final song on Z Country 106.7 wasPrayin' for Daylight byRascal Flatts, while the first song on Nash FM 106.7 wasHow Country Feels byRandy Houser.
On March 15, 2018, at 2PM, WZCY-FM flipped back tocontemporary hit radio as "Hot 106.7". This was part of a format swap withWWKL "Hot 93.5" which concurrently took on theNash FM branding and a gold-based country format. The last song on "Hot 93.5" was “Young Dumb & Broke” byKhalid, while the first song on "Hot 106.7" was "Finesse" byBruno Mars andCardi B.[7]
This move was intended to reduce signal overlap and redundancy with co-owned country stationWIOV-FM 105.1 inEphrata. WIOV-FM serves the Lancaster, York, and Reading metropolitan areas. The stronger signal on 106.7 was thought to be more competitive withiHeartMedia's competing Top 40 outletWHKF in Harrisburg.[8] iHeartMedia subsequently responded by flipping WHKF toalternative rock and redirecting its listeners to sister stationWLAN-FM 96.9 in Lancaster. WLAN-FM similarly pivoted to serving the entire South Central Pennsylvaniamedia market. It took advantage of WWKL's sister station 105.7WQXA’s decision to shift fromAlternative Rock toMainstream Rock after WTPA-FM was sold to theEducational Media Foundation and flipped to "K-Love," the nationalContemporary Christian network, in January 2018.[9]
In April 2024, WWKL shifted its format from Top 40/CHR to rhythmic contemporary.[10] It continues to call itself "Hot 106.7."
WWKL is short-spaced to four otherClass B stations:WJFK-FM106.7 The Fan (licensed to serveManassas, Virginia),WWMXMix 106.5 (licensed to serveBaltimore, Maryland),WCFT-FMBigfoot Country (licensed to serveBloomsburg, Pennsylvania), andWLTW-FM106.7 Lite FM (licensed to serveNew York City).
WJFK-FM and WLTW-FM both operate on the same channel as WWKL. The distance between WWKL's transmitter and WJFK-FM's transmitter is 96 miles, while the distance between WWKL's transmitter and WLTW-FM's transmitter is 142 miles, as determined by FCC rules.[11] The minimum distance between twoClass B stations operating on the same channel according to currentFCC rules is 150 miles.[12]
WWMX andWCFT-FM both operate on 106.5 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WWKL. The distance between WWKL's transmitter and WWMX's transmitter is 58 miles, while the distance between WWKL's transmitter and WCFT-FM's transmitter is 61 miles, as determined by FCC rules.[11] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to currentFCC rules is 105 miles.[12]
