Broadcast area Jacksonville, Florida Frequency 105.3 MHz | Branding K-Bay 105.3 & 106.3 First air date 1999 (as WFBJ) | |
City Fernandina Beach, Florida Format Country (WKBX simulcast) | ||
WYKB (105.3 FM) is a country music radio station licensed to Fernandina Beach, Florida that serves the Jacksonville, Florida area. It is owned by Neal Ardman, through licensee Nia Broadcasting, Inc.
Station history
WYKB previously broadcast a classic country format from October 15, 2013 until May 26, 2014. Prior to that, it used to broadcast a musica tropical format with emphasis toward Salsa and Reggaeton until August 5, 2013 when it flipped to a short-lived classic hits format. As of April 1, 2015, the then-WJSJ went silent. On November 2, 2015, WJSJ returned to the air with sports, with programming from CBS Sports Radio.
On July 1, 2016, WJSJ dropped the CBS Sports Radio format and began stunting. On July 18, 2016, WJSJ launched a classic dance format, branded as "DJ 105.3". The station changed its call sign to WZDJ on July 20, 2016, where afterwards, WZDJ began adding more current music from the Rhythmic and Dance genres, with the recurrents receiving less play. During this tenure, it was in the middle of being purchased through a LMA from veteran radio programmer Tony Quarterone for $1.3 million.
On December 31, 2016, WZDJ signed off the air due to a lack of advertising support and financial issues, which included the collapse of the sale of the station. The station left a message on its Facebook page that signaled the end of the format and its website and stream were deleted. On January 2, 2017, the station flipped to a simulcast of country-formatted WKBX 106.3 Kingsland, Georgia under the original ownership for the time being. On January 13, 2017, WZDJ changed their call letters to WYKB.