WKCI-FM

WKCI-FM (101.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting an contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to the suburb of Hamden, Connecticut, it serves New Haven and Hartford. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

WKCI-FM

Hamden, Connecticut
Broadcast area	New Haven–Hartford–Bridgeport, Connecticut
Frequency	101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	KC101
Programming
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Subchannels	HD2: 100.9 The Beat (Mainstream urban)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAVZ WELI
History
First air date	February 10, 1969 (1969-02-10)
Former call signs	WDEE-FM (1965–1966, CP) WKCI (1966–1980) WKCI-FM (1980) WKCI (1980–2001)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11930
Class	B
ERP	12,000 watts
HAAT	279 meters (915 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41.434°N 72.945°W / 41.434; -72.945
Translator(s)	HD2: 100.9 W265DB (Milbrook)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio) HD2: Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	kc101.iheart.com HD2: thebeatnewhaven.iheart.com

The studios are in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden, where it shares facilities with sister stations WELI and WAVZ. WKCI-FM transmits a full Class B signal, broadcasting with 12,000 watts[2] from a 915-foot (279 m) tower, the equivalent of 50,000 watts at 500 feet (150 m).[3] The station's transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the WTNH transmitter site (where WKCI-FM formerly transmitted from until moving to its current tower in 2003).[4]

Throughout the 1980s, WKCI was an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. WKCI-FM began broadcasts in HD Radio in December 2004.[5] Its HD2 signal airs a mainstream urban format, providing a second option to WZMX, and is simulcast on FM translator W265DB at 100.9 MHz, known as "100.9 The Beat".[6] 100.9 The Beat signed on the air at 12 a.m. on June 23, 2015. iHeartMedia also owns a talk station in Waynesboro, Virginia which shares the call sign WKCI on AM 970.