WOKO

WOKO

City	Burlington, Vermont
Broadcast area	Burlington-Plattsburgh
Branding	98.9 WOKO
Slogan	The Big Station
Frequency	98.9 MHz
First air date	1962 (as WJOY-FM)
Format	Country music
Audience share	18.2 (Fa'06, R&R^[1])
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	94 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	25867
Transmitter coordinates	44°27′3.00″N 73°11′51.00″W / 44.4508333°N 73.1975000°W / 44.4508333; -73.1975000
Former callsigns	WJOY-FM (1962-1972) WQCR (1972-1990)
Owner	Hall Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WBTZ, WIZN, WJOY, and WKOL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	woko.com

WOKO (98.9 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Burlington, Vermont, USA, the station serves the Burlington-Plattsburgh area. The station is owned by Hall Communications, Inc..^[2]^[3]

It is not related to the former WOKO which started in the 1920s in New York City and operated for many years in Albany; that station is now WOPG.

History

WOKO went on the air in 1962 as WJOY-FM; the station was also known as WQCR from 1972 to 1990, the call letters standing for "Queen City Rock". On air, the station was identified as "Q99" and later as "Rock 99" prior to the change to country. .

Former on-air staff
"Cowboy" Cal Daniels
Jim Whitehead
Sarah Spencer
Sam Stevens
Chris Reed
Jim Cooper (Currently stand-up comedian "Jack Sass")
Margot St. John
Nick Morgan
Brian Warren (Afternoons "KOOL 105" WKOL-FM as Mark Knight)
Tad Lemire
Jennifer Lyons
Jim Severence
Garry Koop
Dave Davis
Chris Chase
Heather Scott
Vicki Lynch (1994-1999)(Overnights "KOOL 105" WKOL-FM as Susan Day)
Lisa Lemieux

References

↑ "Burlington-Plattsburgh Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "WOKO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WOKO Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WOKO

Radio-Locator information on WOKO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOKO

Radio stations in the Champlain Valley, including Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York

By AM frequency	550 620 960 1070 1230 1340 1390

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.7 93.9 94.9 95.5 96.7 97.5 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.3 101.7 102.3 102.9 103.3 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.3 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	KIG60 W235BE WANC WBKM WBTZ WCAT WCEL WCLX WCPV WCVT WDEV WEAV WEZF WGLY-FM WIFY WIRY WIRY-FM WIXM WIZN WJKS WJOY WKOL WKVJ WMUD-LP WNBZ-FM WNCS WOKO WOMM-LP WOXR WRMC-FM WRUV WTNN WTWK WVTK WVMT WVPS WVTX WWMP WXLQ WXLU WXXX WXZO WZXP

Defunct stations	WIPS

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Country radio stations in the state of Vermont

Stations	WCVR – Randolph WIKE – Newport WJEN – Killington WKXH – Saint Johnsbury WLVB – Morrisville WOKO – Burlington WTNN – Bristol WWFY – Berlin WXLF – White River Junction WZLF – Bellows Falls

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Vermont

Hall Communications

AM radio stations	WICH WILI WJOY WLKW WLPA WNBH WONN

FM radio stations	WBTZ WCTK WCTY WILI-FM WIZN WKNL WKOL WLKF WNLC WOKO WONN-FM WPCV WROZ WWRZ

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