WKFM is an

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station licensed to

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, operating on 96.1

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. Its transmitter is in Berlin Heights and its studios are in

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, along with sister stations

WLKR-FM WLKR-FM (95.3 MHz) – branded ''95-3 WLKR'' – is a commercial adult album alternative radio station licensed to Norwalk, Ohio, serving the Norwalk/ Sandusky/ Port Clinton area (collectively referred to as Vacationland and/or the Firel ...

and

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. The station is locally owned by

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, and features a

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format positioned on-air as "K-96." Programming is a combination of local hosts and

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satellite format. WKFM serves the Sandusky/ Port Clinton/

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(

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) region. While at first it was only a satellite-fed signal (carrying

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's satellite country channel), this is now only the case outside

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and at weekends. The station is also an affiliate of

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programming.NASCAR on K96 - WKFM Radio
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* KFM Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1995 {{Ohio-radio-station-stub