WRKS (98.7 MHz), better known as 98.7 Kiss FM, is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in New York City, owned by Emmis Communications. One of the highest-rated stations in the city, WRKS shares studio facilities with sister stations WQHT (97.1 MHz) and WRXP (101.9 MHz) in New York's West Village neighborhood, and its broadcast transmitter is atop the Empire State Building. An Urban-formatted station since 1981, WRKS is one of the top-rated ...
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WRKS (98.7 MHz), better known as 98.7 Kiss FM, is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in New York City, owned by Emmis Communications. One of the highest-rated stations in the city, WRKS shares studio facilities with sister stations WQHT (97.1 MHz) and WRXP (101.9 MHz) in New York's West Village neighborhood, and its broadcast transmitter is atop the Empire State Building. An Urban-formatted station since 1981, WRKS is one of the top-rated Urban stations in the United States.
The 98.7 FM facility in New York City began as WOR-FM in 1948 and was owned by the Bamberger Broadcasting Service, which was a division of R.H. Macy and Company. Like most early FM stations, WOR-FM initially simulcasted AM sister station WOR (710 kHz.). Macy's/Bamberger sold the WOR stations (who launched a television station in October 1949) to the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1952. General Tire reorganized its broadcasting division into RKO General in 1957.
In 1965 the Federal Communications...
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