WMKM

WMKM
Broadcast areaDetroit metropolitan area
Frequency1440 kHz
BrandingGospel 1440 WMKM
Programming
FormatUrban Gospel
Ownership
Owner
  • Timothy Gallagher
  • (Great Lakes Radio—Detroit, LLC)
History
First air date
November 1956; 67 years ago (1956-11) (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 ID24966
ClassB
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°15′22″N 83°21′48″W / 42.25611°N 83.36333°W / 42.25611; -83.36333
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteGospel1440.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]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMKM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WMKM