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WKQK

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WKQK
Broadcast area
Space Coast, Florida
Frequency1300 kHz
BrandingRadio 1300
Programming
FormatFull service adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • First Baptist Church of Melbourne
  • (First Baptist Church, Inc.)
WCIF
History
First air date
June 22, 1959
Former call signs
  • WRKT (1959–1988)
  • WXXU (1988–2003)
  • WTIR (2003–2008)
  • WMEL (2008–2016)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
55005
ClassB
Power
Transmitter coordinates
28°03′27.00″N 80°38′10.80″W / 28.0575000°N 80.6363333°W / 28.0575000; -80.6363333
Translator104.5 MHz W283DJ (Cocoa)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteradio1300.com

WKQK (1300 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Melbourne Beach. The station is owned by First Baptist Church of Melbourne, through licensee First Baptist Church, Inc.

Until 2020, WKQK featured a full service adult contemporary radio format. It was unique in that it featured music only from local artists. The station also aired frequent local news, community announcements, marine weather forecasts, airport arrival and departure info and high school sports. As of 2020, the station is fully automated, with all announcements pre-recorded. The studios, offices and transmitter were off Pluckebaum Road in Cocoa, Florida.[2] Now the station is operating under a new Licence location approved by the FCC. It is operating at lower power than before. The transmitter site is in central Melbourne. The array at Cocoa West has been replaced by a 25.9M monopole.

History

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The station first signed on the air on June 22, 1959, as WRKT.[3] Because the station was near Cape Canaveral, those call letters stood for "Rocket". On May 8, 1962, an FM station was added, with the call letters WRKT-FM (today WTKS-FM).

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKQK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WKQK-AM Radio Station Nighttime Coverage Map".
  3. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-40
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