WKDZ-FM (106.5

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licensed in

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. 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 facility at Broadbent Square in east Cadiz.

History

The station first signed on the air at 106.3

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on May 18, 1972. It began as a 3,000-

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FM simulcast station of WKDZ-AM for its first 24 years on the air. At that time, WKDZ-AM broadcast a Variety format. In 1986, the station became separate from the AM counterpart, and began broadcasting an

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format under the WBZD callsign. Sometime later in that decade, it changed to an easy listening format. In 1991, when current owner Ham Broadcasting purchased the station, its callsign was reverted to the original WKDZ-FM it held as a repeater of the AM station, and it began broadcasting a

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format, which remains with the station today.

Programming

Format and coverage area

WKDZ-FM broadcasts a

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format and serves Trigg,

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, and

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, along with nearby Montgomery and Stewart counties in Middle

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Sports programming

In addition to its usual music programming, WKDZ-FM is an affiliate of the

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, which broadcasts live games involving the NFL's Tennessee Titans based in

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. WKDZ-FM also serves as one of three affiliates of the

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in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville market (the other two are WHOP-AM and WHOP-FM). WKDZ-FM also broadcasts

Trigg County High School Trigg may refer to: People Surnames * Abram Trigg (1750 – c. 1813), U.S. Congressman from Virginia * Charles W. Trigg (1898—1989), American mathematician * Connally Findlay Trigg (1847–1907), American soldier and politician * Connally Fin ...

football games on Friday nights from mid-August through November. On August 1, 2017, the station launched '' YourSportsEdge.com'', a sports website dedicated to covering sports at

Caldwell County High School Caldwell may refer to: People * Caldwell (surname) * Caldwell (given name) * Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada Places Great Britain * Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet * Caldwell, Eas ...

, Lyon County High School,

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, Heritage Christian Academy, University Heights Academy,

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, and Todd County Central High School. In addition, the site covers college sports and the Hoptown Hoppers Ohio Valley League baseball team.

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.WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit
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at the top of each hour.

Awards and recognitions

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, 2013, and 2017. WKDZ-FM has also 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) *Bill Booth 'Live Afternoon Drive' (1 - 5 pm) *Greg Leath (evenings 6 pm - 12 am) *Scott Brown (news - Noon News Edge Host and sports) *Ann Petrie (news - 5 pm News Edge Host) *Tammy Hancock (news)

Weekends

* Scott Brown 'Your Sports Edge Saturday' (Saturday 8:15 - 9 am) *Bill Booth (Saturday 6 - 8 am & 9 am - 1 pm & Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm) *Eddie Owen (Saturday 1 - 6 pm) *Greg Leath (Saturday 6 pm - 12 am) *Rich Miller 'Power County' (Sunday 6 - 8 am) *John Ritter 'Rise Up' (Sunday 8 am - 10 am) *Rick Jackson's Country Classics (Sunday 7 - 10 pm) *Steve Stewart 'The Road' (Sunday 10 pm - 12 am)

References

External links

WKDZ-FM official websiteWKDZ News E-dgeWKDZ Sports E-dge
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