Frequency | 89.9MHz |
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Branding | Classical WMUK |
Programming | |
Format | Classical music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Kalamazoo Public Schools |
Operator | Western Michigan University |
WMUK | |
History | |
First air date | 1983 |
Former call signs | WSDK (1981–1982) |
Call sign meaning | KalamazooDistrictSchools |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4198 |
Class | A |
ERP | 140watts |
HAAT | 38 meters |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | wmuk |
WKDS (89.9 FM) is a radio station licensed toKalamazoo, Michigan. The station is known as "Classical WMUK" and operated byWestern Michigan University as a companion to itsWMUK (102.1 FM).
The station was run by high school students in theKalamazoo Public Schools school district until a time brokerage agreement was signed withWestern Michigan University on November 18, 2019.[2] The frequency was used by WMU to separate its publicWMUK (102.1 FM) into news/talk and classical music stations.[3] In April, the Kalamazoo board of education, stating the station no longer was needed for educational purposes, approved its outright sale to WMU under a $125,000 agreement that also included a 24-month lease of the WKDS studios atLoy Norrix High School, while the district would receive underwriting time on WMUK and $20,000 to convert the school operation to an internet radio station.[4]
42°14′35″N85°34′19″W / 42.243°N 85.572°W /42.243; -85.572
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