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| Broadcast area | Tupelo |
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| Frequency | 1060kHz |
| Branding | Tupelo's Talk AM 1060 101.1 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WESE,WTUP,WTUP-FM,WWKZ,WWZD-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1973 (1973) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 68351 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 960watts day 12 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°15′18″N88°41′24″W / 34.25500°N 88.69000°W /34.25500; -88.69000 |
| Translator | 101.1 W266BC (Tupelo) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newstalkwkmq.iheart.com |
WKMQ (1060AM) is aradio station broadcasting anews/talk format. Licensed toTupelo, Mississippi, United States, the station serves the Tupelo area. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses,LLC, and features programming fromFox News Radio,Compass Media Networks, andPremiere Networks.[2]
The station went on the air in 1973 with the call letters WJLJ. It ran atop 40 and acountry format during the early 1980s. In the mid-1980s, the station changed to acontemporary 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 toWESE (92.5 FM) and evolved into "92.5 JAMZ" and currently "92.5 The Beat".
On April 18, 1994, the station changed itscall sign to WWZD and simulcast its sister stationWWZD-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.[3]
WKMQ airs Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
In addition to the main station on the frequency of 1060kHz, WKMQ is relayed on anFM translator which covers most of the Tupelo city limits.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| W266BC | 101.1 FM | Tupelo, Mississippi | 140567 | 250 | 26.2 m (86 ft) | D | LMS |
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