WKHM (AM)

WKHM
Frequency970 kHz
BrandingNews/Talk 970 AM and 101.5 FM
Programming
FormatTalk
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Genesis Communications Network
Premiere Networks
Michigan IMG Sports Network
Michigan Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Jamie McKibbin
  • (McKibbin Media Group, Inc.)
WIBM, WKHM-FM
History
First air date
December 7, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-12-07)
Call sign meaning
Fred Knorr, Harvey Hansen, Bill McCoy (original owners)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9246
ClassB
Power1,000 watts
Translator(s)101.5 W268CA (Jackson)
Links
Public license information
Websitewkhm.com

WKHM (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Jackson, Michigan. It is owned by Jamie McKibbin, through licensee McKibbin Media Group, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format. Studios, offices and the transmitter are on Glenshire Drive in Jackson.[2]

WKHM is a Class B station, broadcasting at 1,000 watts using a directional antenna with a four-tower array. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator station W268CA at 101.5 MHz.[3]

Programming

Weekdays begin with a local news and information program, AM Jackson with Greg O'Connor followed by a local call-in show, Talk Back Jackson with Steve Boyle. The rest of the schedule is made up of syndicated talk shows: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.

Weekends include shows on money, health, home repair, technology, travel, pets and the law, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend programs include The Ben Ferguson Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham, The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein and Rich DeMuro on Tech. There's also a polka music show on Sunday mornings. Updates are supplied by Fox News Radio.

History

WKHM first signed on the air on December 7, 1951; 73 years ago (December 7, 1951).[4] It offered a full service format of middle of the road music, news, talk and sports. It was originally owned by The Jackson Broadcasting & TV Company. WKHM was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1985, the station was bought by Cascades Broadcasting for $567,000.[5]

It kept the same format for four decades but by the 1990s, as music listening shifted to FM radio, more talk programming was added to WKHM's line up. Jackson Radio Works acquired WKHM in 1997. The new owner completed the transition to full-time talk, eliminating all music programming except for a polka music show still heard on Sunday mornings.

In 2004–2005; and 2011, WKHM won the award of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters "station of the year".[6]

Effective December 12, 2019, Jackson Radio Works sold WKHM, two sister stations, and three translators to Jamie McKibbin's McKibbin Media Group, Inc. for $3.8 million.

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKHM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WKHM
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W268CA
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 170
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1994 page B-186
  6. ^ "2004-2005 Broadcast Excellence Awards". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

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