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WHKX
Bluefield, Virginia;
Broadcast area	Bluefield, Virginia; Tazewell, Virginia; Bland, Virginia; Bluefield, West Virginia; Princeton, West Virginia
Frequency	106.3 MHz
Branding	Kicks Country
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Premiere Networks; Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert; (First Media Services, LLC);
Sister stations	WHAJ, WHIS, WHQX, WKEZ, WKOY-FM, WKQB, WKQR, WAMN, WELC
History
First air date	December 1966
Former call signs	WOVE-FM (1966–1969); WKJC (1969–1974); WBDY (1974–1980); WBDY-FM (1980–1997); WHKX (1997–present)
Call sign meaning	WH KiX (kicks)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6004
Class	A
Power	330 watts
HAAT	420 meters (1,380 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°15′5.0″N 81°11′20.0″W / 37.251389°N 81.188889°W
Repeater(s)	107.7 WHQX (Gary, West Virginia)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kickscountry.com

WHKX (106.3 FM) is a country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, Virginia, serving Bluefield, Tazewell, and Bland in Virginia and Bluefield and Princeton in West Virginia.^[1] WHKX is owned and operated by Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert, through licensee First Media Services, LLC.^[4]

History

106.3 FM in this region launched as WOVE-FM, the FM counterpart of WOVE (1340 AM), in 1966.^[5] In 1969, Kenneth J. Crosthwaite, who had owned WOVE, acquired the station, changed the call letters to WKJC and was approved to change its city of license from Welch, West Virginia, to Bluefield.^[6]