WKIK (102.9

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) is a

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formatted

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radio station licensed to

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, serving

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and the

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. WKIK is owned and operated by Somar Communications, Inc.

History

Tidewater Communications, controlled by Richard A. Myers, was granted a

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for a radio station on 102.9 MHz in California, Maryland, on May 23, 1991; the permit was soon issued the call sign WBEY. In 1993, Tidewater sold the permit to Somar Communications, owner of WMOM and

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, for $130,000. Somar signed the station on in December 1994 as country music station WRFK. The station's call sign was changed to WKIK-FM on January 1, 1997. The "-FM" suffix was dropped on April 4, 2023; this followed the shutdown earlier in the year of WKIK (1560 AM), the former WMOM, which had simulcast WKIK-FM since 2000.

References

External links

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