by DJ Billy Costa. The countdown once aired solely on Saturday mornings, but is now broadcast twice each weekend, on Saturday mornings and Sunday nights. HD Radio On January 27, 2006, WXKS-FM went live with an HD2 digital broadcast referred to by Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), who by then had acquired the station, as the "Artists' Channel". The broadcast was also available as an Internet radio station. It then went to a "new CHR" format before becoming a simulcast of WXKS in 2010. In August 2012, that station changed formats to all-comedy, with the HD2 channel following suit. When 1200 AM flipped to Bloomberg Radio in February 2013, the all-comedy format was retained on the HD2. However, in December of that year, the HD2 channel flipped to a simulcast of the dance format of sister station WEDX; when WEDX itself changed format on June 13, 2014, and became WBWL, the dance format, branded "Evolution 101.7", remained on the HD2. On December 19, 2017, "Evolution 101.7" was transferred to the HD2 channel of WBWL and WXKS-FM-HD2 began simulcasting WBZ, which iHeartMedia had recently acquired. Notable past personalities Carson Daly Dale Dorman Matt Siegel Skip Kelly Ed McMann Jay Thomas Wendy Williams J. J. Wright John Garabedian Jimmy Del Ponte References 1992 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, page A-165 Notes External links WXKS audio clip from 1991 WXKS-FM data XKS-FM Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1960 Medford, Massachusetts Mass media in Middlesex County, Massachusetts IHeartMedia radio stations 1960 establishments in Massachusetts