WNKZ-FM

Christian adult contemporary music radio station in Pocomoke City, Maryland, United States

38°8′35.0″N 75°39′53.0″W / 38.143056°N 75.664722°W / 38.143056; -75.664722LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewearethebridge.org

WNKZ-FM is a Christian adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pocomoke City, Maryland, serving Princess Anne, Salisbury, and Crisfield in Maryland.^[1] WNKZ-FM is owned and operated by The Bridge of Hope, Inc.^[4]

History

WNKZ-FM signed on as WZJZ in October 2000.^[2] On March 7, 2016, Sebago Broadcasting Company, under the licensee of GSB Broadcasting, LLC, closed on the sale of the then-WICO-FM.^[5] On the same date, WICO-FM began simulcasting its new sister station, WCTG, and that station's adult hits format.^[5] On April 1, 2017, WICO-FM went silent and returned to the air on May 1, 2017, with a simulcast of Christian adult contemporary-formatted WKNZ 88.7 FM Harrington, Delaware. On June 16, 2017, WKNZ's owner The Bridge of Hope, Inc. consummated the purchase of WICO-FM for $250,000.

On November 10, 2017, WICO-FM changed its call letters to WNKZ-FM.

References

^ ^a ^b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-269. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
^ "WNKZ-FM Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Venta, Lance (March 7, 2016). "WCTG Adds Salisbury Simulcast". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

External links

WNKZ in the FCC FM station database
WNKZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in Salisbury/Ocean City, Maryland, and the central Delmarva Peninsula

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106.1
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LPFM	96.3 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.5 107.3 107.9
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NOAA Weather Radio
frequency

162.475

Digital radio
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Defunct

WGBG (1590 AM)
WHCP-LP (101.5 FM)

Nearby regions: Atlantic City-Cape May; Baltimore; Dover; Eastern Shore (Virginia); Northern Neck; Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton; Washington, D.C.; Wilmington

See also: List of radio stations in Delaware; List of radio stations in Maryland

v t e Religious radio stations in the state of Maryland
Stations	WAIJ – Grantsville WBMD – Baltimore WCRH – Williamsport WFSI – Baltimore WKDI – Denton WLIC – Frostburg WNKZ-FM – Pocomoke City WOEL-FM – Elkton WRBS – Baltimore WRBS-FM – Baltimore WRHS - Grasonville WWGB – Indian Head WXMD – California
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other