Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
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Branding | Classical WMUK |
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Format | Classical music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Kalamazoo Public Schools |
Operator | Western Michigan University |
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History | |
First air date | 1983 |
Former call signs | WSDK (1981–1982) |
Call sign meaning | Kalamazoo District Schools |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4198 |
Class | A |
ERP | 140 watts |
HAAT | 38 meters |
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Website | wmuk |
WKDS (89.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Kalamazoo, Michigan. The station is known as "Classical WMUK" and operated by Western Michigan University as a companion to its WMUK (102.1 FM).
The station was run by high school students in the Kalamazoo Public Schools school district until a time brokerage agreement was signed with Western Michigan University on November 18, 2019.[2] The frequency was used by WMU to separate its public WMUK (102.1 FM) into news/talk and classical music stations.[3] In April, the Kalamazoo board of education, stating the station no longer was needed for educational purposes, approved its outright sale to WMU under a $125,000 agreement that also included a 24-month lease of the WKDS studios at Loy Norrix High School, while the district would receive underwriting time on WMUK and $20,000 to convert the school operation to an internet radio station.[4]
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Located in: Kalamazoo, Michigan | |
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42°14′35″N 85°34′19″W / 42.243°N 85.572°W