WKMH (102.5 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

Contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Chri ...

format. Licensed to

Hudson, Michigan Hudson is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,415 at the 2020 census. The city is mostly surrounded by Hudson Township, but the two are administered autonomously. History Hudson was named for Dr. Danie ...

, it first began broadcasting in 1995 under the WMXE call sign. WKMH primarily targets the Hillsdale area. The 102.5 frequency has used satellite-delivered formats from

Westwood One Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The co ...

(formerly ABC Radio) throughout its history. When the station signed on as WMXE "Mix 102.5," it used the

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format known as "StarStation" (now "

Hits & Favorites Adult Contemporary, billed on-air with the slogan Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites (or Hits & Favorites for short), is a 24-hour music format produced by Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One). History Starstation, as it was formerl ...

"), and later switched to the

Hot AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, ...

format known as "

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". Later on, the station began airing the

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format, known as " The Classic Rock Experience", and presented themselves as "Buzz 102.5". On December 23, 2022, it was announced by radioinsight.com that WBZV was sold to the Educational Media Foundation. The classic rock format remained dormant until May 2023, when the station became an affiliate of the

K-LOVE K-Love (stylized as K-LOVE) is an American Christian radio network. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry, it primarily broadcasts contemporary Christian music. As of June 2019, the network's progr ...

network. Subsequently, the call sign was changed to WKMH on May 10, 2023, coincident with the consummation of the sale of the station.

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* KMH Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Michigan Educational Media Foundation radio stations K-Love radio stations {{Michigan-radio-station-stub