WMKD

Infobox Radio station
name = WMKD


city = Pickford, Michigan
area =
branding = "Big Country 105.5"
slogan = "The Twin Saults' Home for Continuous Country Favorites"
airdate = January 2001
frequency = 105.5 MHz
format = Country
erp = 100,000 watts
haat =
class = C1
callsign_meaning =
facility_id =
former_callsigns = WADW (7/9/93-11/7/05)
owner = Northern Star Broadcasting
webcast =
website = http://www.1055bigcountry.com
affiliations =

WMKD (105.5 FM, "Big Country 105.5") is a Country music formatted radio station serving Pickford, Michigan and the "Twin Saults". "Big Country 105.5" features the same programming as its "Big Country" sister stations in lower Michigan, WMKC 102.9 and WAVC 93.9, but features separate imaging, liners and spots. WMKD's 55,000-watt signal covers most of the eastern Upper Peninsula and far northern lower Michigan.

Although a construction permit for 105.5 WADW was granted in 1993, the station did not sign on until 2001. WADW was originally known as "Memories 105.5" and aired a mix of oldies from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, marking the first time an oldies station had been on the air in the Sault Ste. Marie area. The station was soon sold to Starboard Media and was taken silent while Starboard prepared to broadcast its Relevant Radio Catholic religious format on 105.5. WADW broadcast intermittently through the next three years, alternating between periods of silence and automated new age/smooth jazz music. In the summer of 2005, Starboard sold the station to current owners Northern Star, who debuted the current calls and format in early 2006.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-m/wmkd.html Michiguide.com - WMKD History]

External links

*FMQ|WMKD
*FML|WMKD
*FMARB|WMKD