Stephen King's rock radio station won't go silent after all Horror author Stephen King's rock ‘n’ roll radio station is going to continue rocking around the clock and into the new year.
King's foray into radio began in 1983 with the purchase of a radio station that was rebranded WZON in a nod to his book, “The Dead Zone.” That station closed before being acquired again by King in 1990.
Two businessmen purchased WKIT-FM from the best-selling writer after he announced that the station and two others would go silent after New Year's Eve.
The buyers are the Maine-based duo Greg Hawes and Jeff Solari, who formed Rock Lobster Radio Group to run the station.
King is a lifelong rocker and performed with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band that featured literary icons performing for charity.
