- WKDA
Infobox Radio station
name = WKDA
city = Lebanon,Tennessee
area = Nashville
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frequency = 900kHz
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format = Spanish
power = 5,000watt s day
100watt s night
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class = D
facility_id = 71289
coordinates = coord|36|9|49.00|N|86|42|55.00|W|region:US_type:city
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owner = Wilson County Broadcasting, Inc.
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affiliations =WKDA (900 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting a Spanish format. Licensed toLebanon, Tennessee , USA, the station serves the Nashville area. The station is currently owned by Wilson County Broadcasting, Inc. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKDA |title=WKDA Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]History
The WKDA callsign was used in Nashville for a long period on the AM frequency of 1240 kHz. The old WKDA was the first Nashville station to adopt an all-
rock and roll format when that form of music first became popularfact|date=July 2008; in the 1960s its on-air staff ofdisc jockey s were promoted as the "WKDA Good Guys" and it had an on-air rivalry for much of this period withWMAK . WKDA then had its studios in the downtown Nashville Stahlman Building; a giantneon sign readily visible across theCumberland River in East Nashville advertised this fact.As AM radio declined in popularity with music listeners in the 1970s, WKDA lost listenership, largely to its own FM sister, now
WKDF , which then had an Album Rock format. WKDA was later sold to Nashville broadcaster and entrepreneurTeddy Bart , who used it to broadcast his own programming and to serve as the Nashville affiliate ofCNN Radio during other hours. Later in the 1990s Bart sold the station to owners who changed to format togospel music and thecallsign toWNSG ; the historical WKDA callsign became available for reassignment and was purchased for use by the current station.Its frequency, 900 AM, was the home of Lebanon's
WCOR from 1949 to 2005. WCOR now broadcasts on 1490 AM.ee also
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List of Nashville media References
External links
*AM station data|WKDA
Nashville Radio
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