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WKIK (AM)
WKIK (1560 AM) is a United States commercial radio station serving the La Plata and St. Charles, Maryland area. The station broadcasts a country music format. WKIK is licensed to Somar Communications, Inc and has a daytime-only license. The station was assigned the WKIK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 25, 1995. 1560 AM is a United States clear-channel A clear-channel station is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from Interference (communication), interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The syste ... frequency. References David Gleason's American Radio History Archive: Broadcasting Yearbook Directory External links KIK KIK (AM) Charles County, Maryland Radio stations established in 1965 1965 establishments in Maryland Waldorf, Maryland KIK {{Maryland-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Plata, Maryland
La Plata is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 10,159 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Charles County. History According to an unconfirmed local story, the town was named by one Colonel Samuel Chapman, whose family owned of land in Charles County. The Colonel traveled to South America with his son George, who had contracted tuberculosis, in search of a cure. In his travels, the Colonel had apparently encountered the Río de la Plata, which flows through Argentina and Uruguay, thus naming a portion of his property "La Plata". In the 1870s, a section of the Pennsylvania Railroad had been constructed through the town of La Plata, leading to its 1888 incorporation. The La Plata courthouse had been built soon after the 1819 Port Tobacco courthouse caught fire in 1895 under suspicious circumstances. In 1904, the historic Christ Episcopal Church in Port Tobacco, which dates to 1683 and was reconstructed in 1884, was dismantled and its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
