Carson was the first full-time female air personality at a number of stations she worked at including 93FM WDRQ/Detroit. She was also awarded "Best Nighttime Radio Personality" in Detroit[by whom?], and was named the 1st Place winner in the Detroit Celebrity Grand Prix. After her stint at WDRQ, she moved to WCZY-FM,(Detroit), now WKQI. There she was the first full-time female radio host hired by Gannett.[citation needed]
Carson has worked at radio stations in Detroit including WCSX, WYCD, WDTX, WDFX, and WOW-FM. She has also worked at WKVQ, Knoxville, Tennessee; WROK, Rockford, Illinois; KJYO, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; WXSS/WAMG, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; WMAG, Greensboro, N.C., and WVKS, WWWM, WRVF (where she was host of the nighttime love songs show, The Quiet Storm), and WDMN, Toledo, Ohio. Most recently Carson handled the midday shift, 10am-3pm and Music Director duties at 95.7 WLHT and WTRV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She left WTRV on May 31, 2012 after a nine-year stint on the Grand Rapids airwaves. Carson also hosts an inspirational show, Faith, Hope and Love Songs, which has been airing on radio stations since September 2002. From 2013 to 2017 Carson was on WLAV middays, 10am-3pm. Carson left WLAV and started WVFM in Kalamazoo doing morning drive. Her first show on the air, The Kim Carson Show started March 27, 2017
Carson is the author of Essence of Life: A Compilation of Inspiration and Poem. She is currently living in Grand Rapids, Michigan Kim's show, Faith Hope And Love Songs will be coming to radio and via podcast soon.
WMAX-FM are the call letters of a radio station owned by iHeartMedia located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transmitting on a frequency of 96.1 MHz.
WDRQ is a radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan. Owned by Cumulus Media, it broadcasts a country music format. Its studios are located in the Fisher Building in New Center, while its transmitter is located at the intersection of 10 Mile and Greenfield Road in suburban Oak Park.
WLHK, 97-1 Hank FM, is a country music FM radio station owned by Emmis Communications. While the station is licensed to Shelbyville, Indiana, its studios are located on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The transmitter, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is located in the 7000 block of East Southport Road on the southeast side of Indianapolis.
Kevin Menear, known professionally as Kevin Matthews, is a Midwest United States radio personality, best known for his 12-year association with WLUP "The Loop" and its one-time sister-station, WMVP "AM 1000." Matthews became popular for his off-kilter take on various topics. He's known for doing voices, including that of his irascible sidekick, sportscaster Jim Shorts. One of his bits was encouraging his listeners to yell out "Free Bird!" at various concerts, whether it was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, or Barry Manilow. One incidence of this was a heckler shouting "Free Bird!" as well as the names of Matthews and Shorts at a Bill Hicks show, prompting Hicks' "Hitler had the right idea" rant.
WLHT-FM is a hot adult contemporary music formatted radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan owned by Townsquare Media. Until late April 2006, the station was the home of the husband-and-wife morning team of Dave & Geri.
WHTS, licensed to Coopersville, Michigan, is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station in the Grand Rapids, Michigan market. WHTS is owned and operated by Cumulus Media and transmits with an ERP of 20,000 watts. It is heard as far north as Tustin, as far south as Otsego, and as far east as Carson City, Michigan; under the right conditions it can be heard as far away as Clare, Michigan.
KGNC is a radio broadcast service in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It operates KGNC and KGNC-FM. Both stations are owned by the Alpha Media LLC. Studios for both AM and FM partners are located in southwest Amarillo near the former Western Plaza shopping center.
WLQV is a radio station serving the Detroit, Michigan market. The station's fifty-thousand watt daytime signal on 1500 AM enables it to be heard from Michigan's Thumb area down to Northwest Ohio, and from Lansing, Michigan to Chatham, Ontario, Canada. WLQV has a Christian talk format.
WBHT, known on air as "97.1 and 95.7 BHT", is a top 40 radio station serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania area. 95.7 WBHD simulcasts WBHT's programming.
Inspirational Country Radio, KVVO-LP, is a Christian Country music radio station located in Abilene, Texas. Inspirational Country Radio is an outreach ministry of and owned by licensee Life Church Abilene, an Assembly of God congregation.
WMUZ is an American AM radio station licensed to Taylor, Michigan, at 1200 kHz, and serving the Metro Detroit market. Owned by Crawford Broadcasting, the station has an inspirational format.
Sean Baligian is a sports radio broadcaster who was on the Detroit sports airwaves, for WDFN and WJR. He is a native of Livonia, Michigan and graduated from Livonia Stevenson High School.
WKHM-FM is a Top 40/CHR FM radio station licensed to Brooklyn, Michigan serving the Jackson area.
WJRW – branded as The Ticket – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Owned by Cumulus Media, WJRW is the Grand Rapids affiliate for CBS Sports Radio and Sean Baligian. The WJRW studios and transmitter both reside in Grand Rapids. In addition to a standard analog transmission, the station also simulcasts over low-power FM translator W291DJ and is available online.
WLAV-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the dominant classic rock-formatted radio station in the market and is generally a top ten performer in the Grand Rapids ratings.
WNWZ is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary format, licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
WILS is a commercial AM news/talk radio station in Lansing, Michigan. WILS is owned by MacDonald Broadcasting and features a local news department and a mixture of local and national talk personalities.
Richard Blaine Beckett was an American radio broadcaster.
KLQ.com was an Internet radio station playing active rock and owned by Citadel Broadcasting. Formerly transmitting on the frequency of 107.3 MHz from near Grand Rapids, Michigan as "WKLQ", it was a web-cast only station from May 28, 2009 through November 1, 2009. Due to low listenership in this presentation, Citadel Broadcasting decided to terminate the webcast and redirect all traffic to sister station WLAV's website.
Cara Carriveau has spent three decades hosting radio shows in Chicago, currently on WLS-FM.
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