Broadcast area | Detroit metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1440 kHz |
Branding | Gospel 1440 WMKM |
Programming | |
Format | Urban Gospel |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | November 1956 | (as WCHB)
Former call signs | WCHB (1956-2/22/90) WMKM (2/22/90-11/30/05) WRJD (11/30/05-12/8/05) WMKM (12/8/05-4/5/06) WDRJ (4/5/06-10/6/14) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 24966 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°15′22″N 83°21′48″W / 42.25611°N 83.36333°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Gospel1440.com |
WMKM (1440 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Inkster, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. Owned by Timothy Gallagher, through licensee Great Lakes Radio—Detroit, LLC, the station airs an Urban Gospel radio format branded as Gospel 1440 AM. The radio studios and offices are on East Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
WMKM broadcasts with 1,000 watts of power using two different directional signal patterns for day and night. Its six-tower array is located near Ecorse and Merriman Roads in Romulus, Michigan.[2]