WKFM is an FM radio station licensed to

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, operating on 96.1

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. Its transmitter is in Berlin Heights and its studios are in

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, along with sister stations WLKR-FM and WLKR (AM). The station is locally owned by Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co., and features a

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format positioned on-air as "K-96." Programming is a combination of local hosts and

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's Mainstream Country satellite format. WKFM serves the Sandusky/ Port Clinton/

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( Vacationland) region. While at first it was only a satellite-fed signal (carrying

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's satellite country channel), this is now only the case outside

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and at weekends. The station is also an affiliate of

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programming.NASCAR on K96 - WKFM Radio
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* KFM Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1995 {{Ohio-radio-station-stub