WMKD

For the airport in RMAF Kuantan, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, assigned ICAO code WMKD, see Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport.

For the similarly branded "Country 104.3" radio station in nearby Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, see CJQM.

WMKD
City	Pickford, Michigan
Branding	Country 105
Slogan	The Twin Saults' Home for Continuous Country Favorites
Frequency	105.5 MHz
First air date	January 2001
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	77 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	59529
Callsign meaning	MacKinac (similar to former sister station WMKC)
Former callsigns	WADW (7/9/93-11/7/05)
Owner	Sovereign Communications
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	country105fm.net

WMKD (105.5 FM, "Country 105," formerly known as "Big Country 105.5") is a country music formatted radio station serving Pickford, Michigan and the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan & Ontario markets. 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 Broadcasting, who changed the call-sign to WMKD in November of that year, and briefly turned it into a simulcast of Traverse City modern rock station WJZJ. The station debuted it's current country music format a few months later, maintaining a similar playlist & branding as WMKC in St. Ignace/Indian River. Northern Star Broadcasting sold the station to Sovereign Communications in 2010.

Syndicated programming at WMKD includes the morning drive program Big D and Bubba and The Lia Show, while the station also broadcasts NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and Pickford Panthers local high school football games. Local on-air personalities include DJ Allan Gibbs (also of Newberry oldies station WNBY-FM) and chief meteorologist Karl Bohnak, who also provides weather reports on other Sovereign stations.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WMKD History

External links

WMKD website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMKD

Radio-Locator information on WMKD

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMKD

Radio stations in the Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry, Michigan area (U.S.-licensed stations only)

By FM frequency	88.7 89.9/99.7/103.3 90.1 91.5 93.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.3 99.5 100.7 101.3 102.3 105.5

By AM frequency	940 1230 1400 1450

By callsign	W204AQ W264CF WCMZ WHWG/W259AD/W277AG WIDG WIHC WJOH WKNW WLSO WMJT WMKD WNBY-AM WNBY-FM WSOO WSUE WTHN WUPN WYSS

Nearby radio markets Alpena Marquette Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Country radio stations in the state of Michigan

Stations	WFYC - Alma WATZ-FM – Alpena WBCH-FM – Hastings WBCM – Boyne City WBCT – Grand Rapids WBGV – Marlette WBMI – West Branch WCEN-FM – Hemlock WCMM – Gulliver WCUP – L'Anse WCZE - Harbor Beach WDRQ - Detroit WFBE – Flint WFXD – Marquette WGDN-FM – Gladwin WGNC-FM - Constantine/South Bend, IN WGRY-FM – Grayling WHKB – Houghton WIBM - Jackson WIKB-FM - Iron River WITL-FM – Lansing WJMS – Ironwood WJNR-FM – Iron Mountain WJPD – Ishpeming WKCQ – Saginaw WKFR-HD2/W273AR - Paw Paw/Kalamazoo WKJC – Tawas City WKKM-LP - Harrison WKZC – Scottville WLAW – Newaygo WLCO – Lapeer WLEW – Bad Axe WLST – Marinette, Wisconsin WMIC – Sandusky WMIM – Luna Pier WMKC – Indian River WMKD – Pickford WMLM – Saint Louis WMRP-LP - Mundy Township WMUS – Muskegon WNBY – Newberry WNWN-FM – Coldwater WQTE – Adrian WRCI/W246BW – Three Rivers WRGZ – Rogers City WSAQ – Port Huron WTCM-FM – Traverse City WTIQ - Manistique WTNR – Holland WTWS – Houghton Lake WUPG - Republic WUPY – Ontonagon WWBR – Big Rapids WWDK – Jackson WWSS – Tuscarora Township WWWW-FM – Ann Arbor WYCD – Detroit WYKX – Escanaba WYTZ – Bridgman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 46°23′49″N 84°23′53″W / 46.397°N 84.398°W / 46.397; -84.398

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