WKDZ-FM

Last updated
WKDZ-FM
Broadcast area Clarksville–Hopkinsville
Frequency 106.5 MHz
Branding106.5 FM WKDZ
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Fox News Radio
United Stations Radio Networks
Tennessee Titans Radio Network
UK Sports Network
Ownership
OwnerHam Broadcasting, Inc.
WEKT, WHVO, WKDZ-AM, WPKY
History
First air date
May 18, 1972 (1972-05-18) [1]
Former call signs
WBZD (1986–1991) [2]
Former frequencies
106.3 MHz (1972–2001) [3]
Call sign meaning
KDZ = "Cadiz"
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25886
Class C3
ERP 13,400 watts
HAAT 136.9 meters (449 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website WKDZradio.com

WKDZ-FM (106.5 MHz) is a radio station licensed in Cadiz, Kentucky. WKDZ-FM is owned by Ham Broadcasting. Beth Mann serves as Ham Broadcasting owner/president.

Contents

The station's studios are located in a 4,100-square-foot (380 m2) facility at Broadbent Square along US 68/KY 80 in east Cadiz near the Interstate 24 interchange. [5] The station's transmitter is located on Bailey Road off Kentucky Route 117 near its junction with Interstate 24 in southwestern Christian County.

History

The station first signed on the air at 106.3 megahertz on May 18, 1972. It began as a 3,000-watt FM simulcast station of WKDZ-AM for its first 24 years on the air. At that time, WKDZ-AM broadcast a Variety format. [6]

In 1986, the station became separate from the AM counterpart, and began broadcasting an Adult contemporary format under the WBZD callsign. Sometime later in that decade, it changed to an easy listening format. In 1991, when current owner Ham Broadcasting purchased the station and its AM counterpart, the FM station's callsign was reverted to the original WKDZ-FM callsign it held as a repeater of the AM station, and it began broadcasting a country format, which remains with the station today. [2] : 84 

Change of frequency and studio relocation

The station switched frequencies to its current 106.5 MHz on August 23, 2001. [3] In May 2004, Ham Broadcasting relocated the studio from its pre-existing Will Jackson Road facility to its current location near U.S. Route 68's junction with Interstate 24. The state-of-the-art studio facility, a former Hardee's restaurant building, was remodeled to house WKDZ-FM and its AM counterpart, as well as the home of WHVO's technical operations. The previous studio now serves as a backup studio and maintenance facility. [5] [7]

Programming

Format and coverage area

WKDZ-FM broadcasts a country music format and its primary coverage area, as part of the Clarksville-Hopkinsville radio market, consists of Trigg, Christian, Caldwell, Lyon, and Todd counties in Kentucky, along with nearby Montgomery and Stewart counties in Middle Tennessee. [8] However, it's 100,000 watt signal allows the station to be heard in many areas between Paducah's eastern outskirts and Nashville's northwestern outskirts, including the easternmost counties of Kentucky's Jackson Purchase region in the west, the southern part of the Western Coal Fields region in the north, much of Logan County in the east, as well as other areas of northwestern Middle Tennessee to the south.

Sports programming

In addition to its usual music programming, WKDZ-FM is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans Radio Network, which broadcasts live games involving the NFL's Tennessee Titans based in Nashville. [9] WKDZ-FM also serves as one of three affiliates of the University of Kentucky Wildcats radio network in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville market (the other two are WHOP-AM and WHOP-FM), broadcasting games of their football and men's and women's basketball programs. [10] WKDZ-FM also broadcasts Trigg County High School football games on Friday nights from mid-August through November and Trigg County High School basketball games (boys and girls) from November to March.

On August 1, 2017, the station launched YourSportsEdge.com , a sports website dedicated to covering sports at Trigg County High School, Caldwell County High School, Lyon County High School, Hopkinsville High School, Christian County High School, Heritage Christian Academy, University Heights Academy, Fort Campbell High School, and Todd County Central High School. In addition, the site covers college sports and the Hoptown Hoppers Ohio Valley League baseball team.

News operation

WKDZ-FM is unique in that it, along with sister stations WHVO and WKDZ-AM, boasts a full-time news department in house. The one-hour newscasts, branded as News Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m. Central Time over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations. Shorter newscasts are run at 6, 7, and 8 a.m. CT. [11] Hourly national news updates are provided by Fox News Radio at the top of each hour.

Awards and recognitions

WKDZ-FM has been recognized many times for its community service. The station also has won a Marconi Award for "Small Market Station Of The Year" in 2002, [12] 2008, 2013, and 2017. WKDZ-FM has also been consistently nominated for the coveted NAB Crystal Award for Community Service, which they won in 2013.

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References

  1. ↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-237
  2. 1 2 Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 84. ISBN   9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  3. 1 2 Myers, Sandra (August 25, 2001). "Cadiz radio station changes frequencies". Kentucky New Era. p. A9 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKDZ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. 1 2 "Radio station to move to new facility". Cadiz Record. Retrieved May 5, 2004.
  6. ↑ 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-86
  7. ↑ "Cadiz radio station moving studio". Kentucky New Era. May 3, 2004. p. A4 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  9. ↑ "Titans Radio in Kentucky Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine ". Titans Radio. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.
  11. ↑ WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit
  12. ↑ "WKDZ in Cadiz recognized as "Small Market Station of the Year"". Kentucky New Era . September 17, 2002. p. A8 – via Google Books.

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