WCHK-FM (101.3 FM, "The Chicken 101.3") is a radio station licensed to

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. Owned by Forever Media, it broadcasts a

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format serving

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History

The station began its operations in 1990 as WXPZ. It aired a

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format under the brand The Light FM. On January 6, 2004, WXPZ changed its callsign to WNCL. Initially, it aired an

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format under the brand Cool 101.3. Years later, it shifted to Classic Hits. On February 5, 2019, Delmarva Broadcasting was sold to Forever Media. In late-October 2019, the station began stunting with a loop of the "

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", and its ''Cool'' format and branding was moved to sister station WYUS. On November 1, 2019, the station officially flipped to

as ''The Chicken 101.3''. The branding is a nod to Delaware's poultry industry, and the station's airstaff use chicken-themed pseudonyms on-air, such as "The Rooster" and "Chickie" (in a similar manner to '' Froggy'', a country music brand used extensively by Forever Media's other country stations). The station changed its calls to WCHK-FM to match the new branding (with the WNCL calls moving to WYUS). This makes Deleware the only Forever-media cluster that does not use “Froggy.”

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* * CHK-FM Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Delaware Milford, Delaware {{Delaware-radio-station-stub