WKMQ

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WKMQ
WKMQ AM1060-101.1FM logo.png
Broadcast areaTupelo
Frequency 1060 kHz
BrandingTupelo's Talk AM 1060 101.1 FM
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WESE, WTUP, WTUP-FM, WWKZ, WWZD-FM
History
First air date
1973 (1973)
Former call signs
  • WTLE (1971–1972)
  • WJLJ (1972–1982)
  • WXOQ (1982–1983)
  • WCFB (1983–1990)
  • WPMX (1990–1994)
  • WWZD (1994–1995)
  • WNRX (1995–2000)
Technical information
Facility ID 68351
Class D
Power 960 watts day
12 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°15′18″N88°41′24″W / 34.25500°N 88.69000°W / 34.25500; -88.69000
Translator(s) 101.1 W266BC (Tupelo)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website newstalkwkmq.iheart.com

WKMQ (1060 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, the station serves the Tupelo area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, and Premiere Networks. [1]

Contents

History

The station went on the air in 1973 with the call letters WJLJ. It ran a top 40 and a country format during the early 1980s. In the mid-1980s, the station changed to a contemporary Christian music station as "Christian Radio 1060 WCFB".

After a change in ownership, the station changed to urban/R&B Format as "PowerMix 1060" with the call letters WPMX on November 30, 1990, which was the beginning of the urban/R&B format in the Tupelo area, which then transferred to WESE (92.5 FM) and evolved into "92.5 JAMZ" and currently "92.5 The Beat".

On April 18, 1994, the station changed its call sign to WWZD and simulcast its sister station WWZD-FM "Wizard 106.7".

On November 1, 1995, the station became news/talk with call letters WNRX, and on May 1, 2000, to the current WKMQ. [2]

WKMQ airs Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.

FM translator

In addition to the main station on the frequency of 1060 kHz, WKMQ is relayed on an FM translator which covers most of the Tupelo city limits.

Broadcast translator for WKMQ
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W266BC101.1 FM Tupelo, Mississippi 14056725026.2  m (86  ft)D LMS

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References

  1. "WKMQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WKMQ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.