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WWDK
Classic Country
Ownership
Owner
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
Facility ID55658
ClassB
ERP40,000 watts
HAAT168 meters (551 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°23′32″N 84°40′0″W / 42.39222°N 84.66667°W / 42.39222; -84.66667
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website941theduke.com

WWDK ("94.1 Duke FM"') is a

radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Jackson, Michigan, it first began broadcasting on July 14, 1958 as WMKZ-FM.[1] The station broadcasts from a tower near Springport, Michigan
.

History

After spending most of the 1960s in simulcast with WIBM (1450 AM) under various call signs (including WMKZ, WIBM-FM, and WBBC), 94.1 separated programming from the AM station in the late 1960s and adopted a separate

adult contemporary (as "I-94" and then "94 Gold"), and a few years later, would lose AT40 to by-now rival WFMK. By November 1985, the station's format became oldies as "Oldies 94.1," with which the station was successful for a number of years until its November 1995 switch to country as WBHR, "The Bear" (which would change monikers to "Kix 94" two years later under new WXIK 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 to

East Lansing, as the market's dominant Top 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 into

Delilah's syndicated love-songs program. WVIC's format also included the Bob 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 competitor WFMK
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 a modern rock format as "94.1 The Edge," reviving the format and moniker used for years on sister station WWDX (92.1 FM, now WQTX).

In February 2010, Rubber City announced that they were selling WVIC, as well as WJXQ, WQTX and WLMI to Midwest Communications based in Wausau, 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 to WWDK to go with the "Duke FM" branding.[2]

Bronco Radio Network

WWDK is an affiliate of the Western Michigan University "Broncos Radio Network" and carries all of the Broncos football and men's basketball games.

References

  1. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1958
  2. ^ Duke to be Crowned in Lansing

External links

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