WKIK (AM)

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKIK

| above = Former simulcast of WKIK-FM, California, Maryland

| logo =

| city = La Plata, Maryland

| country = US

| area = {{ubl|Waldorf, Maryland|Alexandria, Virginia}}

| branding =

| airdate = October 1965 (as WSMD)

| last_airdate = {{end date and age|2023|3}}

| frequency = 1560 kHz

| format = Country

| power = {{ubl|1,000 watts (daytime)|250 watts (critical hours)}}

| class = D

| facility_id = 60775

| coordinates = {{coord|38|32|36.4|N|76|59|35|W|region:US-MD_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Former call letters of a defunct radio station in Leonardtown, Maryland, on 1370 AM

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WSMD (1965–1981)|WXTR (1981–1986)|WCMD (1986–1991)|WMOM (1991–1994)|WSMD (1994–1995)}}

| owner = Somar Communications, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations = WKIK-FM, WMDM, WPTX, WSMD

| webcast =

| website = {{URL|https://country1029wkik.com/}}

| affiliations =

}}

WKIK (1560 AM) was a United States commercial radio station serving La Plata and St. Charles, Maryland. The station broadcast a country music format,{{cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/}} simulcast with WKIK-FM (102.9).{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=FCC Report 3/19: First Two PIRATE Act Forfeitures Proposed |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/249957/fcc-report-3-19-first-two-pirate-act-forfeitures-proposed/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |work=RadioInsight |date=March 19, 2023}} WKIK was licensed to Somar Communications, Inc., and had a daytime-only license; 1560 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency.

The station was assigned the WKIK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 25, 1995.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History: DWKIK|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60775&Callsign=DWKIK|work=Federal Communications Commission: Media Bureau

}} The station surrendered its license on March 16, 2023;{{cite web |title=Request for cancellation of the license for broadcast statioin WKIK, La Plata, MD (60775) |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff386be5ca70186ed468eca092b |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=March 20, 2023 |format=PDF}} it was canceled the next day.{{cite web|url= https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=60775|title=License Cancelled|work=Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=November 14, 2024}}