KDKD (AM)
City | Clinton, Missouri |
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Frequency | 1280 kHz |
Branding | 1280 KDKD-AM |
Programming | |
Format | Farm and conservative talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Clayton and Brittany Radford (Radford Media Group, LLC) |
KDKD-FM, KXEA | |
History | |
First air date | May 11, 1951 |
Last air date | December 31, 2021 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 12058 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts day 58 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°23′42″N 93°46′18″W / 38.39500°N 93.77167°WCoordinates: 38°23′42″N 93°46′18″W / 38.39500°N 93.77167°W |
KDKD (1280 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a farm and conservative talk format. Licensed to Clinton, Missouri, United States, the station is owned by Clayton and Brittany Radford, through licensee Radford Media Group, LLC. KDKD features programming from Fox News Radio and Westwood One.[1]
History[]
KDKD signed on May 11, 1951, as a 1,000-watt daytimer owned by David M. Segal, joining a group that already included KTFS in Texarkana, Texas; KDMS in El Dorado, Arkansas; WGVM in Greenville, Mississippi; and KDAS in Malvern, Arkansas.[2] Additional stakes in the station were held by Lee E. Baker[2] and Jeanne F. Baker; the license was held by a partnership doing business as Clinton Broadcasting Company.[3] The Clinton Broadcasting Company sold the station to the Osage Broadcasting Company in 1956.[3]
On December 27, 2021, Radford Media Group announced that KDKD would shut down on at 5:15 p.m. on December 31, after being informed by Crown Castle that the station's tower was to be dismantled in January 2022. KDKD's final program, a 15-minute retrospective on the station's history, simulcasted on KDKD-FM. Kansas City Royals broadcasts, which had aired on KDKD since the team's inception, will be moved to sister station KXEA.[4] The final song played on KDKD-AM was God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood
References[]
- ^ "KDKD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b "New 1 kW Outlet: KDKD Has Modern Plant" (PDF). Broadcasting–Telecasting. May 28, 1951. p. 40. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "KDKD history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ Venta, Lance (December 27, 2021). "KDKD To Cease Operations". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
External links[]
- KDKD in the FCC AM station database
- KDKD on Radio-Locator
- KDKD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radio stations in Missouri
- Talk radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1951
- 1951 establishments in Missouri
- Missouri radio station stubs