WMKD
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WMKD
| logo =
| city = Pickford, Michigan
| country = US
| area = Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
| branding = Country 105
| airdate = {{Start date|2001|1}}
| frequency = 105.5 MHz
| format = Country
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = 77 meters
| class = C1
| facility_id = 59529
| callsign_meaning = Variation of former sister station WMKC
| former_callsigns = WADW (1993-2005)
| affiliations = Westwood One
| owner = Sovereign Communications
| webcast = [http://stream.sovcomm.net:8001/country105 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.country105fm.net/ country105fm.net]
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
WMKD (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Pickford, Michigan and the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan & Ontario markets. Owned by Sovereign Communications, the station airs a country format. WMKD's studios and transmitter are located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
History
Although a construction permit for 105.5 was granted in 1993, the station did not sign on until 2001. WADW originally broadcast an oldies format as "Memories 105.5". The station was soon sold to Starboard Media and was taken silent while Starboard prepared to broadcast its Relevant Radio on 105.5. WADW broadcast intermittently through the next three years, alternating between periods of silence and automated new age/smooth jazz music. In Summer 2005, Starboard sold the station to current owners Northern Star Broadcasting, who changed the call-sign to WMKD in November of that year, and briefly turned it into a simulcast of Traverse City modern rock station WJZJ. The station debuted its current country music format a few months later, maintaining a similar playlist & branding as WMKC in St. Ignace/Indian River. Northern Star Broadcasting sold the station to Sovereign Communications in 2010.
Local personalities include Jeff McNeice in morning drive, Country with Carsen middays, Lydia McNeice in afternoon drive, and the nationally syndicated The Lia Show overnights.
Sources
- [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-m/wmkd.html Michiguide.com - WMKD History]
External links
- [http://www.country105fm.net WMKD website]
- {{FM station data|59529|WMKD}}
{{Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Michigan}}
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Category:Country radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 2001
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