WKIK (1560 AM) was a United States commercial radio station serving

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. The station broadcast a

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with WKIK-FM (102.9). WKIK was licensed to Somar Communications, Inc., and had a daytime-only license;

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frequency. The station was assigned the WKIK call letters by the

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on September 25,

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. The station surrendered its license on March 16, 2023; it was canceled the next day.

References

David Gleason's American Radio History Archive: Broadcasting Yearbook Directory

External links

in the FCC Licensing and
FCC History Cards for DWKIK
(covering 1961-1981 as WSMD / WXTR)

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