WCKS-FM 101.1 
Cocoa Beach

Original Call Letters: WXBM
Original City of  License: Cocoa Beach
Originally Licensed: Jul 19, 1962
Power: 100,000 watts                                
Original Format: Light Classical

Owner(s):  1962-
    1967-Knight Quality Stations
    1971-Southland Broadcasting  (Pauline Metcalf, Esther Muran, William Corkhum) 
                1975-Manasett Broadcasting Company
                       -Abell Communications
                1985-Home News Publishing Co  ($4.7 million)
                1985-Duffy Broadcasting
                1985-Capitol Broadcasting Co. Inc.
                1993-Paxson Communications ($6.7 million)
                1997-Clear Channel
                
History Of Call Letters and Formats: WXBM-1962-Light Classical
                                                         WCKS-1976-Top 40   "CK-101"
                                                         WSTF-1985-Adult  Contemporary  "Sunny 101"  "Star 101"
                                                         WVRI-1992-Adult Contemporary    "Variety 101"
                                             WJRR-1993-Rock   "Just Rock 'N' Roll WJRR"
                                                         WJRR-1997-AOR 
                                                         WJRR-2002-Alternative   "Real Rock 101"

Notes On WCKS
From Ray Myers: United Radio Network used the station for most of the Apollo Missions as local anchor for the radio network.


WCKS "CK101" Personalities


Mel Burns (Perry Moore) Biography

Stan Anderson-1976-1986-Biography

From the Stan Anderson collection;
Spanky McCoy cuts the 2nd birthday cake at CK101    


                                          

                           For a larger view click the photo


                                                        
                 
        14TH annual Pro-Am Surf Festival                For a larger view click the photo            photos courtesy of Stan Anderson                   
Sean King-1973-1978-Biography   In Memory
Sean tells a great radio tale; "I worked different shifts at CK, usually 10 to 3, but did overnights towards the end. I used my air name from WLOF, Sean King. My favorite story is one when I was doing AM drive on a Saturday and I saw Stan Anderson, who was doing news that day, going out front to watch a rocket launching from the Cape. We could feel the familiar rumble beneath our feet as the station was located only a couple of miles from the Space Center in Cape Canaveral. I promptly found a 5 minute track to play and decided to join him to watch the launch. Once out the door, I looked up at the sky, but heard a "click" behind me. I suddenly realized that Stan and I were the only people in the building that morning and I had just managed to lock us out with the automatic door lock. Neither one of us had a key as it was a 24 hour operation. Fortunately, the Program Director, Les Robertson,  lived only a few blocks away. Stan was able to wake him and use his key. We had about 15 minutes of "dead air". I wasn't looking forward to seeing (Les) the P.D. that day. Actually he took it pretty well and ribbed us about it in the months to come."

                              
                                                                Thanks to Sean King for these photos

                                                    
                                                                                    CK101 Van
                                                                               courtesy of Sean King


Michael W. Lowe Biography



Greg Shannon (Paul Gardiner)
Alan Thompson
Steve Ocean
Kym Landers



Brian Morgan


Mark St. John
Billy Charles-now in Sales at WFTV-Channel 9, Orlando
Jim Lewis



Gabe Burton-Biography


Jim Morgan-the voice of Wal-Mart
Steve Craig (Biddle)
Jon Greenwood
Jan Moore (Leslie Overby)
Beth Dickey
Larry Kessler
Michael Kelly-News Director
Steve Ocean
Bobby Sharp
Jeri Banta-Afternoon Drive

Other names in WCKS History
Dick Olsen-1967-Program Director
Pauline Metcalf-1971-Southland Broadcasting
Esther Muran-1971-Southland Broadcasting
William Corkhum-1971-Southland Broadcasting
Les Roberson-Program Director
Howard Feingold-Sales Manager
Allen Edwards-1984-Program Director
John Bogart-1984-Production Director. Left for WLW Cincinnati in 1985

Ray St. James

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