WKDK

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKDK

| logo =

| city = Newberry, South Carolina

| area =

| branding =

| frequency = 1240 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|101.7|W269DW|Newberry}}

| airdate = {{Start date and age|October 26, 1946}}

| format = Oldies

| power = 1,000 watts

| class = C

| facility_id = 48706

| coordinates = {{coord|34|17|30|N|81|37|15|W|region:US-SC_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Premiere Networks

| network = Fox News Radio

| owner = Newberry Broadcasting Company, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WKDK Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.wkdk.com wkdk.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WKDK (1240 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Newberry, South Carolina. It has an oldies radio format and is owned by Newberry Broadcasting Company, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WKDK |title=WKDK Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} The studios and offices are at 3000 Hazel Street.

WKDK transmits 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wkdk&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WKDK] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W269DW at 101.7 MHz in Newberry.[https://radio-locator.com/info/W269DW-FX Radio-Locator.com/W269DW]

Programming

WKDK's playlist includes hits from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Weekdays at 9 a.m., it features The Coffee Hour, with local community groups speaking about their activities.

WKDK carries live games from Newberry County high school sports and the Newberry College Wolves sports teams. It also features programming from Premiere Networks, with updates from Fox News Radio.

History

The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|October 26, 1946}}. The station power was 250 watts and it had studios at its transmitter site, 11 Radio Drive.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/Radio-BC-YB-1949-B&W.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 237.

Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023.] It was owned by the Newberry Broadcasting Company with C. H. Kaufmann as the president and general manager. It was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."

In the 1960s and 70s, KDK was playing Top 40 music. Its power was 1,000 watts by day and 250 watts at night.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-189. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023. In the 1990s, as listening to contemporary music shifted from AM radio to the FM band, WKDK switched to an oldies format.

References

External links

[http://www.wkdk.com WKDK website]
{{AM station data|48706|WKDK}}

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