WKKL

{{short description|Radio station in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKKL

| logo = WKKL907.png

| city = West Barnstable, Massachusetts

| country = US

| area = {{ubl|Hyannis, Massachusetts|Cape Cod}}

| branding = "WKKL FM 90.7"

| frequency = {{Frequency|90.7|MHz}}

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = {{Start date|1977|09|19}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-214|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=January 14, 2012}}

| format = Alternative rock, hip hop

| language =

| power =

| erp = 305 watts

| haat = {{convert|38|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = A

| facility_id = 8572

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|41|41|31.3|N|70|20|14|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WKKL|display=inline,title}}

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| affiliations =

| owner = Cape Cod Community College

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.live365.com/a45468?l}}

| website = [https://www.capecod.edu/wkkl/ WKKL webpage within Cape Cod Community College]

}}

WKKL (90.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic alternative rock format. Licensed to West Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Cape Cod area. The station is owned by Cape Cod Community College.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKKL |title=WKKL Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} The station is used as part of the classroom setting for their Associate degree program in communications. The studios are located on the campus of Cape Cod Community College in the Makkay Broadcast Center.

In 1992, WKKL began simulcasting some hours of programming from WBUR, a public radio station in Boston.{{cite web|title=The Boston Radio Dial: WBUR-FM|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/68241|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|accessdate=January 15, 2012}} That relationship ended in 1999, due to WBUR's 1997 acquisition of the 1240 AM facility in West Yarmouth, the signal of which heavily overlaps with WKKL.{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=CBM Leaves 940|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990514.html|accessdate=January 15, 2012|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=May 14, 1999}}

In late December 2019, WKKL stopped broadcasting on 90.7 FM due to damage to the station's radio tower. In fall of 2020, repair of the radio tower was made possible by a donation from the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation, and the station returned to the airwaves by late December 2020. Today, the station provides programming on air and online as students and alumni DJs are hosting shows featuring WKKL's classic alternative music format[https://www.capenews.net/arts_and_entertainment/college-radio-station-is-back-on-air/article_6f6a7701-e508-5c41-9819-28b190684f9b.html College Radio Station Is Back On Air] The Enterprise, January 19, 2021. as well as a growing number of podcasts.