WKIT

For other radio stations which have held the WKIT call sign, seeWKIT (disambiguation).

Not to be confused withKITinYakima, Washington.

WKIT

Brewer, Maine
Broadcast area	Bangor, Maine
Frequency	100.3MHz(HD Radio)
Branding	100.3 WKIT
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock
Subchannels	HD2:AAA(WZLOsimulcast) HD3:Oldies(WZONsimulcast)
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	The Zone Corporation
Sister stations	WZLO,WZON
History
First air date	1979(1979)
Former call signs	WGUY-FM (1979–1987) WKIT-FM (1987–2020)
Former frequencies	100.9 MHz (1979–1988)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25747
Class	B
ERP	16,000watts
HAAT	269 meters (883 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	44°40′39″N68°45′15″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wkitfm

WKIT(100.3FM) is acommercialradio stationlicensedtoBrewer, Maine,serving theBangorarea of Central Maine. It airs amainstream rockradio format,calling itself "The Rock of Bangor."

WKIT is part of the Zone Corporation, a Central Maine broadcasting group owned by authorsTabithaandStephen King.It hasstudiosand offices on Target Industrial Drive in Bangor. Thetransmitteris off Center Drive inOrrington.

WKIT is one of the few radio stations that still has a strong presence of live local announcers in the studio. However, on the weekends the station carries somesyndicatedprogramming. WKIT also streams its programming on the Internet via the official station website.

Notable on air personalities include the "Rock and Roll Morning Show" hosts Bobby Russell and Mark "The Shark" Young, midday host Don Cookson, afternoon host Scotty Moore and Simulcasting "Nights With Alice Cooper".

On Stephen King's official website, there is an advertisement for WKIT.

In King's novel11/22/63,Jake saves most of the Dunning family and when he comes back to 2011 he looks up Ellen Dunning (who was 7 in 1958) and calls her, finding she's a "jock for WKIT in Bangor, you know, adisk jockey?".

WKIT's main competitors areClassic Rock95.7WWMJinEllsworthand Mainstream RockWTOS-FMSkowhegan,which issimulcastonAM 910andFM translator105.3 in Bangor.

External links

• WKIT official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 25747 (WKIT)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WKITinNielsen Audio's FM station database