WKMI (1360
AM) is a
radio station
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licensed to
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are ...
broadcasting a
talk format.
WKMI is an affiliate of the
Grand Valley State Laker football radio network.
WKMI, which began broadcasting in 1947, was a highly rated
Top 40
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music station from the 1950s through the 1970s. The station moved to an
Adult Contemporary
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format to compete with
WKZO during the early 1980s, and then switched to its current talk format in 1990 as the
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created a boom for talk radio.
An FM sister at 106.5 was added in 1964; WKMI-FM is now
WVFM
WVFM (106.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is an alternative rock , alternative rock-leaning adult hits radio station serving the Kalamazoo, Michigan radio market. The station has an ERP of 33 kW. They are owned by Midwest Communications. WVFM 106.5 ...
and no longer co-owned.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which
Townsquare Media would acquire 53 stations from
Cumulus Media, including WKMI, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of
Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by
Oaktree Capital Management.
The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.
References
Michiguide.com - WKMI History
External links
KMI
News and talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1947
Townsquare Media radio stations
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