WKIK (FM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKIK

| logo = WKIK-FM.png

| city = California, Maryland

| country = US

| area = {{ubl|Southern Maryland|Northern Neck}}

| branding = "Country 102.9 WKIK"

| airdate = {{start date|1994|12}}

| frequency = 102.9 MHz

| format = Country

| power =

| erp = 4,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|120|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = A

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 60777

| callsign_meaning = "kick"

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WBEY (1991–1994)|WRFK (1994–1997)|WKIK-FM (1997–2023)}}

| owner = Somar Communications, Inc.

| sister_stations = WMDM, WPTX, WSMD-FM

| webcast = {{listenlive|http://nick9.surfernetwork.com/wkik}}

| website = {{url|http://www.country1029wkik.com/}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|Fox News Radio|Westwood One}}

}}

WKIK (102.9 MHz) is a country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to California, Maryland, serving Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck. WKIK is owned and operated by Somar Communications, Inc.

History

Tidewater Communications, controlled by Richard A. Myers, was granted a construction permit for a radio station on 102.9 MHz in California, Maryland, on May 23, 1991;{{cite news |title=For the Record |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-06-17.pdf#page=67 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=Broadcasting |date=June 17, 1991 |page=65}} the permit was soon issued the call sign WBEY.{{cite news |title=Call Letter Changes |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1991-06.pdf#page=18 |page=4 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=The M Street Journal |date=June 17, 1991}} In 1993, Tidewater sold the permit to Somar Communications, owner of WMOM and WSMD, for $130,000.{{cite news |title=Chagal Paints L.A. Suburban Sprawl With $14 Million Dual FM Buy |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1993/RR-1993-05-14.pdf#page=6 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=Radio & Records |date=May 14, 1993 |pages=6, 8}} Somar signed the station on in December 1994{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010|year=2010|page=D-266|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf#page=267|format=PDF|accessdate=April 4, 2023}} as country music station WRFK.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1995-02.pdf |page=1 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=The M Street Journal |date=February 1, 1995}}

The station's call sign was changed to WKIK-FM on January 1, 1997.{{cite news |title=Call Letter Changes |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1997-01.pdf#page=19 |page=5 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=The M Street Journal |date=January 15, 1997}} The "-FM" suffix was dropped on April 4, 2023; this followed the shutdown earlier in the year of WKIK (1560 AM),{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Roy |title=Form 380 - Change Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91872a40e701872d6990c100e9&id=25076f91872a40e701872d6990c100e9&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=April 4, 2023 |date=March 29, 2023}} the former WMOM, which had simulcast WKIK-FM{{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=April 4, 2023 |work=RadioInsight |date=March 19, 2023}} since 2000.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-2000-06.pdf |page=1 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |work=The M Street Journal |date=June 7, 2000}}

References

External links

[http://www.country1029wkik.com/ Country 102.9 Online]
{{FM station data|60777|WKIK}}

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KIK

Category:Radio stations established in 1996

Category:1996 establishments in Maryland

Category:St. Mary's County, Maryland