WYKX (104.7
FM) is a
radio station broadcasting a
country music format
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. Licensed to
Escanaba, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1977 under the WFNN call sign that call sign today is used at a
radio station in
Erie Pennsylvania
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. It is locally owned and operated by Todd Mohr, through licensee Aurora Media, LLC, along with
adult standards sister station
WDBC 680 AM.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, WFNN was "Fun 104," an automated
Top 40 station. Most programming was separate from WDBC, with a few exceptions including simulcasts of
Casey Kasem's
American Top 40
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. Following the debut of
WGLQ in 1982, the station switched to its current calls and format.
WYKX belongs to the
Detroit Lions
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radio network and broadcasts every regular season home and away game for the central
UP. The broadcast range is from
Menominee to
Marquette and
Iron Mountain to
Manistique
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The city borders the adjacent Manistique Township, but the two are a ...
. It can also be heard across
Lake Michigan
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in parts of northern Lower Michigan, around
Leland and
Frankfort.
The Morning Show is hosted weekdays from 6-10 A.M. with Arthur Wyman.
Sources
Michiguide.com - WYKX History
External links
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1977
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