WKMQ

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]

For the radio station in Winnebago, Illinois, that held the call sign WKMQ from 1985 to 2000, see WRTB.
WKMQ
Broadcast areaTupelo
Frequency1060 kHz
BrandingTupelo's Talk AM 1060 101.1 FM
Programming
FormatNews/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 ID68351
ClassD
Power960 watts day
12 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°15′18″N 88°41′24″W
Translator(s)101.1 W266BC (Tupelo)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitenewstalkwkmq.iheart.com

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 signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassFCC info
W266BC 101.1 FMTupelo, Mississippi14056725026.2 m (86 ft)DLMS

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


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