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) is a

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licensed to

Jackson, Michigan Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,309 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along Interstate 94 in Michigan, Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127 in Michigan, U.S ...

. It is owned by Jamie McKibbin, through licensee McKibbin Media Group, Inc., and broadcasts a talk

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. Studios, offices and the

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are on Glenshire Drive in Jackson. WKHM is a Class B station, broadcasting at 1,000

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s using a

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with a four-

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. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM

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W268CA at 101.5

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Programming

Weekdays begin with a local news and information program, ''AM Jackson with Greg O'Connor'' followed by a local call-in show, ''Talk Back Jackson with Steve Boyle''. The rest of the schedule is made up of syndicated talk shows: ''

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with

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, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla,

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with

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'' and ''

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''. Weekends include shows on money, health, home repair, technology, travel, pets and the law, some of which are paid

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. Syndicated weekend programs include '' The Ben Ferguson Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham, The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein'' and '' Rich DeMuro on Tech''. There's also a

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show on Sunday mornings. Updates are supplied by

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History

WKHM first

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the air on . It offered a full service format of middle of the road music, news, talk and sports. It was originally owned by The Jackson Broadcasting & TV Company. WKHM was a

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of the

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. In 1985, the station was bought by Cascades Broadcasting for $567,000. It kept the same format for four decades but by the 1990s, as music listening shifted to FM radio, more talk programming was added to WKHM's line up. Jackson Radio Works acquired WKHM in 1997. The new owner completed the transition to full-time talk, eliminating all music programming except for a

show still heard on Sunday mornings. In

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–

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

; and 2011, WKHM won the award of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters "''station of the year''". Effective December 12, 2019, Jackson Radio Works sold WKHM, two sister stations, and three translators to Jamie McKibbin's McKibbin Media Group, Inc. for $3.8 million.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WKHM History

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Radio stations established in 1951 1951 establishments in Michigan News and talk radio stations in the United States

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