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| Broadcast area | North CentralIndiana |
| Frequency | 100.5MHz |
| Branding | 100.5 KI |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | October 21, 1962 (1962-10-21) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60133 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 143 meters (469 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wwki.com |
WWKI (100.5FM) is a commercialradio station licensed toKokomo, Indiana, United States. It is owned byCumulus Media and it broadcasts acountry format, calling itself "100.5 KI". Thestudios are at 519 N. Main St. in downtown Kokomo. The transmitter is on East County Road 200 South near theKokomo Creek.
The station can be heard at most as far south as Northern Hamilton county as well as Indianapolis and donut counties surrounding Kokomo. It can also be picked up in Peru Indiana and the signal can be picked up as far north as Rochester Indiana
On October 21, 1962, the station first signed on the air.[2] Its original call sign was WFKO, which stood for the name of the owner, Fidelity Broadcasting, and itscity of license, KOkomo, Indiana. WFKO had a female program director, Patricia Sweeney, unusual in that era. The power was only 1,600 watts, a fraction of its current output. It also was unusual in being a stand-alone FM station. Most FM stations in the early days were co-owned with an AM station.
In 1968, the station was acquired by BGS Broadcasting, which changed its call letters to the current WWKI. The station has played country music for nearly its entire history.
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