WKQK (1300 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to

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, and serving the

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section of

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. The station is owned by Will Standley, through licensee 321 Corporation. WKQK features a full service

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. It is unique in that it features music only from local artists. The station also airs frequent local news, community announcements, marine weather forecasts, airport arrival and departure info and high school sports. The station is largely

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, with most announcements pre-recorded. The studios, offices and

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are off Pluckebaum Road in

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History

The station first signed on the air on June 22, 1959, as WRKT. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-40 Because the station was near Cape Canaveral, those call letters stood for "Rocket." On May 8, 1962, an FM station was added, with the call letters WRKT-FM (today

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External links

FCC History Cards for WKQK
KQK 1959 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1959 Full service radio stations in the United States {{Florida-radio-station-stub