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| Broadcast area | Lansing, Michigan |
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| Frequency | 94.1MHz |
| Branding | 94.1 Duke FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Country |
| Ownership | |
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| WJXQ,WLMI,WQTX | |
| History | |
First air date | July 14,1958 (as WMKZ-FM) |
Former call signs | WMKZ-FM (1958-?) WBBC (?-?) WHFI (?-11/14/85) WIBM (11/14/85-4/8/87) WIBM-FM (4/8/87-6/24/94) WIBM (6/24/94-11/15-95) WBHR (11/15/95-3/3/97) WXIK (3/3/97-3/27/01) WVIC (3/27/01-3/17/15) |
Call sign meaning | DuKe FM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55658 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 40,000watts |
| HAAT | 168 meters (551 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°23′32″N84°40′0″W / 42.39222°N 84.66667°W /42.39222; -84.66667 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 941theduke.com |
WWDK (94.1FM "94.1 Duke FM"') is aradio station broadcasting aclassic country format. Licensed toJackson, Michigan, it first began broadcasting on July 14, 1958 as WMKZ-FM.[2] The station broadcasts from a tower nearSpringport, Michigan.
After spending most of the 1960s in simulcast with WIBM (1450 AM) under various call signs (includingWMKZ,WIBM-FM, andWBBC), 94.1 separated programming from the AM station in the late 1960s and adopted a separateMOR format, returning to the WBBC calls, and then changing tobeautiful music asWHFI in 1974. In 1980, the station returned to the WIBM-FM calls, picking up the Top 40 format (including weekly broadcasts ofCasey Kasem'sAmerican Top 40) from then-sisterWIBM, which flipped to a country format at that time as WXCM. After moving to its current tower site in 1982, WIBM-FM changed its format to gold-basedadult contemporary (as "I-94" and then "94 Gold"), and a few years later, would loseAT40 to by-now rival WFMK. By November 1985, the station's format becameoldies as "Oldies 94.1," with which the station was successful for a number of years until its November 1995 switch to country asWBHR, "The Bear" (which would change monikers to "Kix 94" two years later under newWXIK call letters). AM 1450 regained the WIBM calls and simulcasted WIBM-FM from 1987 to 1994, at which time the station was sold to Cascades Broadcasting, then-owners of Jackson's other heritage radio station,WKHM; the sale permanently separated ownership of AM 1450 and FM 94.1. In May 2000, the station was sold to Ohio-based Rubber City Radio Group.
On March 27, 2001, WXIK flipped toclassic hits as "Rockin' Hits 94.1WVIC". (The WVIC call sign was used for many years by AM 730 (nowWVFN) and WVIC-FM 94.9 (nowWMMQ) inEast Lansing, as the market's dominantTop 40 music station from the 1970s through the early 1990s, with the new WVIC-FM playing off of that heritage.)
WVIC's format changed from classic hits to AC as "Soft Rock 94.1" at 7 p.m. on October 15, 2007, at which time the station went intoDelilah's syndicated love-songs program. WVIC's format also included theBob and Sheri morning show. In 2007, WVIC was also the first radio station in the Lansing market to change to an all-Christmas music format for the holiday season, as competitorWFMK had never done so in the past.
However, the station was unable to make any inroads against WFMK, and at 9 a.m. on August 17, 2009, the station flipped to amodern rock format as "94.1 The Edge," reviving the format and moniker used for years on sister station WWDX (92.1 FM, nowWQTX).
In February 2010, Rubber City announced that they were selling WVIC, as well asWJXQ, WQTX andWLMI toMidwest Communications based inWausau, Wisconsin. The sale closed and was consummated in May of that year.
On March 16, 2015, WVIC changed their format to classic country, branded as "94.1 Duke FM". The station also changed their call letters toWWDK to go with the "Duke FM" branding.[3]
WWDK is an affiliate of theWestern Michigan University "Broncos Radio Network" and carries all of the Broncosfootball andmen's basketball games.