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City
  
Callaway, Florida

Branding
  
Kick'n Country 103.5

First air date
  
1989

Broadcast area
  
Panama City, Florida

Frequency
  
103.5 MHz

Format
  
Country

WKNK (103.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Callaway, Florida, USA, the station serves the Panama City area. The station is currently licensed to Powell Broadcasting Company, L.L.C. and features "The Gulf Coast Morning Show with Flip & Streeter". Current on-air personalities include Melissa Miller, Brad McKay and Jay Arthur. Programming from Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.

History

The station has undergone several name and format changes since its incarnation.

  • It was assigned the call letters WXDZ on October 12th, 1989.
  • On December 5th, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WBKL, becoming Cool 103.5, an oldies station.
  • On December 6th, 1991, Cool 103.5 changed formats. It became Rock 103 with the call sign WDRK.
  • On November 21st, 1997, Rock 103 became Mix 103 with the call sign WMXP.
  • In 2001, the station became Max Country 103.
  • On March 10th, 2004, Max Country 103 became Kat Country and changed the call sign to WAKT.
  • On October 9th, 2012, the station changed its name to Kickin' 103.5 with the call sign WKNK.

    • References

    WKNK Wikipedia
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