WKKM-LP
WKKM-FL is an American Radio station, licensed to the city of Harrison, Michigan. The station operates on a low-power frequency of 106.5 mHz with an effective radiated power of 83 watts. The station is owned by The Country King, Incorporated, and is not to be confused with WKKM, a pending FM application licensed to Speaker Township in Sanilac County, Michigan. Studios, offices and transmitter facilities are at 209 East Spruce Street in Harrison, Michigan.
History
WKKM's origins in Harrison date back to 1975, when Detroit radio personality and engineer David Allan Carmine (best known professionally as Dave Carr) moved his family from Detroit to Harrison to start a radio station there. Harrison did not have a local radio station on the air serving the immediate area, so Carmine applied for the frequency of 92.1. Carmine signed on the air with a country format, billing it as "The Country King" and "The Mighty 92" and kept it under this format until he sold the station in 2002, choosing to retire. That station, known today as WTWS, was later re-licensed to Houghton Lake, Michigan, and its new sister station, WUPS, was re-licensed to Harrison, though it has no physical presence there.
In 2002, Carmine formed "The Country King, Incorporated" as a non-profit entity, with the intent of starting a non-commercial educational station in Harrison.
The WKKM call letters then bounced around to a non-commercial station in Imlay City after the sale and then Alpena and finally back to Harrison, where they resurfaced at 90.7, known today as WBHL. From 2008 to 2011, that station was licensed to "The Country King, Incorporated", also owned by Carmine. It too boasted the country music format that its predecessor in 1975 pioneered. In 2011, that station was sold and its power increased to 10,000 watts.
The current incarnation of WKKM first went on the air September 18, 2014, under the licensee "The Country King, Incorporated", and is owned by Carmine. The station does not have a social media page or website at this time. The license was applied for in October 2013, and granted by the FCC in January 2014.