WKDK

WKDK (1240 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Newberry, South Carolina. It has an oldies radio format and is owned by Newberry Broadcasting Company, Inc.[1] The studios and offices are at 3000 Hazel Street.

WKDK
Frequency1240 kHz
Programming
FormatOldies
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
OwnerNewberry Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
October 26, 1946 (October 26, 1946)
Technical information
Facility ID48706
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°17′30″N 81°37′15″W
Translator(s)101.7 W269DW (Newberry)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewkdk.com

WKDK is powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna.[2] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W269DW at 101.7 MHz in Newberry.[3]

Programming

WKDK playlist includes hits from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Weekdays at 9 a.m., it features The Coffee Hour, with local community groups speaking about their activities.

WKDK carries live games from Newberry County high school sports and the Newberry College Wolves sports teams. It also features programming from Premiere Networks, with updates from Fox News Radio.

History

The station signed on the air on October 26, 1946 (October 26, 1946). The station was powered at 250 watts and it had studios at its transmitter site, 11 Radio Drive.[4] It was owned by the Newberry Broadcasting Company with C. H. Kaufmann as the president and general manager. It was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio."

In the 1960s and 70s, KDK was playing Top 40 music. Its power was 1,000 watts by day and 250 watts at night.[5] In the 1990s, as listening to contemporary music shifted from AM radio to the FM band, WKDK switched to an oldies sound.

References
  1. "WKDK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WKDK
  3. Radio-Locator.com/W269DW
  4. [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/Radio-BC-YB-1949-B&W.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 237. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023.]
  5. [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-189. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023.


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