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WKGS (106.7 FM) – branded "KISS 106-7" – is a Rhythmic Top 40 station licensed to Irondequoit, New York, and serves the Rochester area. The iHeartMedia outlet broadcasts at 106.7 MHz with 4,600 watts effective radiated power. Its studios are located at the One HSBC Plaza building in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter site is in Brighton.
History.
History Early years.
The 106.7 frequency was one of the first "Docket 80-90" drop-in FM channels to sign
it signed on as WRCD, licensed to Honeoye Falls. WRCD was a sister station to 106.7 WMAX-FM (now WKGS), operating from the WMAX studios at 412 State Street in downtown Rochester and using a transmitter site in Bloomfield, on the southeastern edge of the Rochester market. Under original owner Auburn Cablevision, WRCD used a satellite-delivered smooth jazz format from Sony's SW programming service.
In 1997, Auburn Cablevision sold WMAX-FM and WRCD to Jacor Communications. On February 19, 1998, at