WCFR-FM

WCFR-FM (105.7 FM) - branded as 105.7 KISS FM - is a commercial contemporary hit radio (CHR) radio station licensed to, United States. Owned by, WCFR-FM serves as the Cape Fear affiliate for Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and On Air with Ryan Seacrest.

WCFR-FM's studios are located in (with a Wilmington mailing address), while the station transmitter is located near.

Early years under EMF ownership
The station signed on in 1995 as WWKV, and was originally owned by the, and was an affiliate of its religious network, airing a CCM format.

KISS FM debuts
In 2003, the station was sold by the EMF to. After the completion of the sale, WWKV switched to a stunt format it dubbed Marx FM, featuring left-leaning protest songs as well as Communist propaganda songs and Russian-language Europop. The station changed it's callsign to WCFR-FM and launched a Top 40/CHR format as 105.7 KISS FM on September 2, 2003, launching with 10,000 songs in a row played commercial free. The following year, WCFR-FM moved into it's current studios at the Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) Wilmington Media Center (a converted former truck stop) on Green Swamp Road South in.