| WGKS | |
| City: | Paris, Kentucky |
| Area: | Lexington Metro Central Kentucky |
| Branding: | KISS 96-9 |
| Frequency: | 96.9 MHz |
| Airdate: | (as WPDE-FM at 96.7) |
| Format: | Classic hits |
| Erp: | 50,000 watts |
| Class: | C2 |
| Facility Id: | 36140 |
| Coordinates: | 38.1256°N -84.3533°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | W G KiSs[1] |
| Former Callsigns: | WPDE-FM (1968–1972) WBGR-FM (1972–1981) WNCW (1981–1985) WCOZ (1985–1992) WCOZ-FM (1992) |
| Former Frequencies: | 96.7 MHz (1968–1992) |
| Affiliations: | Westwood One Premiere Networks |
| Owner: | L.M. Communications, Inc. |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | kiss969fm.com |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WGKS (96.9 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a classic hits radio format and calling itself "KISS 96-9". Licensed to Paris, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Lexington-Fayette media market. It is owned by L.M. Communications, Inc.[2] Studios and offices are located at Triangle Center on West Main Street in Lexington.[3] The transmitter is off Houston Antioch Road, also in Lexington.[4]
WGKS is on air as Kiss 969, Lexington's Greatest Hits. The on air line up is Tricia in the morning, Action Jackson in the midday, Patrick Scott PMD and Skip Eliot is nights.
The station was assigned the call sign WCOZ on February 25, 1984. On June 11, 1992, the station changed its call letters to WCOZ-FM. Just over a week later, on June 19, the station changed its call sign to the current WGKS.[5]
On September 22, 2020, WGKS changed their format from soft AC to classic hits, still under the "Kiss 96.9" branding.[6]