WKDZ-FM

WKDZ-FM
City	Cadiz, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY
Branding	106.5 WKDZ
Slogan	Every Hour With Us is Like a Night at the Opry.
Frequency	106.5 MHz
First air date	May 18, 1972 (1972-05-18) ^[1]
Format	Country
Power	13,400 Watts
Class	C3
Callsign meaning	KDZ = "Cadiz"
Former callsigns	WBZD (1985-1991)
Former frequencies	106.3 MHz (1972-1995?)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Tennessee Titans Radio Network UK Sports Network
Owner	Ham Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WHVO, WKDZ-AM
Webcast	Listen live
Website	WKDZradio.com

WKDZ-FM (106.5 FM) is a radio station licensed in Cadiz, Kentucky. WKDZ-FM is owned by Ham Broadcasting. Beth Mann serves as Ham Broadcasting owner/president.

In 2004, Ham Broadcasting moved from their former Will Jackson Road location to a new 4,100-square-foot (380 m²) facility at Broadbent Square in east Cadiz.^[2]

History

The station first signed on the air at 106.3 megahertz on May 18, 1972. It began as an 3,000-watt FM simulcast station of WKDZ-AM for its first ten years on the air. At that time, WKDZ-AM broadcast a Variety format.^[3] In the mid 1980s, the station became separate from the AM counterpart, and began broadcasting an Adult contemporary format.

Under the WBZD callsign from 1985 to 1991, the station continued its Adult Contemporary format. In 1991, the station's callsign was reverted to the original WKDZ-FM, and it began broadcasting a country format.

Programming

Format and coverage area

WKDZ-FM broadcasts a country music format and serves Trigg, Christian, Caldwell, Lyon, and Todd counties in Kentucky, along with nearby Montgomery and Stewart counties in Middle Tennessee.^[4]

Sports programming

In addition to its usual music programming, WKDZ-FM is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans Radio Network, which broadcasts live games involving the NFL's Tennessee Titans based in Nashville.^[5] WKDZ-FM also serves as one of three affiliates of the University of Kentucky Wildcats radio network in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville market (the other two are WHOP-AM and WHOP-FM).^[6] WKDZ-FM also broadcasts Trigg County High School football games on Friday nights from mid-August through November.

News operation

WKDZ-FM is unique in that it, along with sister stations WHVO and WKDZ-AM, boasts a full-time news department in house. The one-hour newscasts, branded as News Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m. Central Time over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations. Shorter newscasts are run at 6, 7, and 8 a.m. CT.^[7] Hourly national news updates are provided by Fox News Radio at the top of each hour.

WKDZ-FM has been recognized many times for its community service. The station also has won a Marconi Award for "Small Market Station Of The Year" in 2008 and again in 2013. WKDZ-FM has been consistently nominated for the coveted NAB Crystal Award for Community Service, which they won in 2013.

On-air staff

Weekdays

Alan Watts (mornings 5 - 9 am)
Cindy Allen Lax (mornings 7:30 - 9 am)
Eddie Owen (midday 9 am - 12 pm)
Kimberly Allen (afternoons 1 - 3 pm)
Bill Booth (afternoon drive 3 - 5 pm)
Greg Leath (evenings 6 pm - 12 am)
Scott Brown (sports)
Ann Petrie (news - 5 pm News Edge Host)
Robin Stevens (news)
Travis Faulkner (news)
Boyd Clark (news - 12 Noon News Edge Host)

Weekends

Scott Brown (Saturday Morning 8:15 - 9 am)
Bill Booth (Saturday Morning 6 - 8 am & 9 am - 1 pm)
Brandon Burke (Saturday Afternoon 1 - 6 pm)
Chris Top (Saturday Evening 6 pm - 12 am & Sunday Morning 8 am - 4 pm)
Rich Miller w/Powersource Radio (Sunday Morning 6 - 8 am)
Joshua Claussen (Sunday Afternoon 4 - 7 pm)
Jimmy Fish w/ Hooked on Country (Sunday Evening 7 pm - 12 am)
Alan Watts (news)
Robin Stevens (news)
Travis Faulkner (news)

References

↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-237
↑ "Radio station to move to new facility". Cadiz Record. Retrieved May 5, 2004.
↑ 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-86
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Titans Radio in Kentucky". Titans Radio. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.
↑ WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit

External links

Radio stations in the Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	540 610 650 790 830 1110 1230 1300 1370 1400 1430 1480 1510

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.3 91.9 92.9 94.3 95.5 96.3 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.1 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.5 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W256CI W264CK WAPX-FM WAYQ WCJK WCVQ WGFX WHOP WHOP-FM WHVO WJNA WJXA WJZM WKDF WKDZ WKDZ-FM WKFN WLAC WNKJ WNQM WNRQ WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM WQZQ WRND WRND-FM WRUS WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVVR WWH37 WZZP

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Evansville Jackson Louisville Nashville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Kentucky

Country radio stations in the state of Kentucky

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Defunct:	WFUL – Fulton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

Coordinates: 36°48′29″N 87°38′10″W / 36.808°N 87.636°W / 36.808; -87.636

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