WKDS
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WKDS
| logo =
| city = Kalamazoo, Michigan
| area =
| branding = Classical WMUK
| frequency = 89.9 MHz
| airdate = 1983
| format = Classical music
| erp = 140 watts
| haat = 38 meters
| class = A
| facility_id = 4198
| callsign_meaning = Kalamazoo District Schools
| licensing_authority = FCC
| former_callsigns = WSDK (1981–1982)
| sister_stations = WMUK
| operator = Western Michigan University
| owner = Kalamazoo Public Schools
| webcast =
| website = {{URL|wmuk.org}}
}}
WKDS (89.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Kalamazoo, Michigan. The station is known as "Classical WMUK" and operated by Western Michigan University as a companion to its WMUK (102.1 FM).
History
The station was run by high school students in the Kalamazoo Public Schools school district until a time brokerage agreement was signed with Western Michigan University on November 18, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101819222&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=1|title=Asset Purchase Agreement|date=July 30, 2020|access-date=October 6, 2020}} The frequency was used by WMU to separate its public WMUK (102.1 FM) into news/talk and classical music stations.{{cite news|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101819222&qnum=5040©num=1&exhcnum=1|title=WMUK announces new programming, classical FM service launch|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=October 6, 2020|work=Western Michigan University}} In April, the Kalamazoo board of education, stating the station no longer was needed for educational purposes, approved its outright sale to WMU under a $125,000 agreement that also included a 24-month lease of the WKDS studios at Loy Norrix High School, while the district would receive underwriting time on WMUK and $20,000 to convert the school operation to an internet radio station.{{cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/04/kalamazoo-public-schools-approves-sale-of-radio-station-to-wmuk.html|work=MLive|title=Kalamazoo Public Schools approves sale of radio station to WMUK|date=April 30, 2020|first=Kayla|last=Miller|access-date=October 6, 2020}}
References
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- [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-j/wkds.html Michiguide.com - WKDS History]
External links
- {{FM station data|4198|WKDS}}
{{Kalamazoo Radio}}
{{Western Michigan University}}
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Category:Western Michigan University
Category:Radio stations established in 1983
Category:Classical music radio stations in the United States
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