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WKIZ
City:Key West, Florida
Area:Lower Florida Keys area
Branding:KONK 1500AM, Community Radio for Key West
Airdate:March 27, 1959[1]
Frequency:1500 kHz
Format:Defunct (formerly talk radio)
Power:250 watts unlimited
Class:B
Facility Id:11193
Coordinates:24.5669°N -81.7483°W
Callsign Meaning:"Keys"
Owner:Daniel Caamano
Licensee:Almavision of Miami
Operator:KONK Communications

WKIZ (1500 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Key West, Florida, United States, the station was last owned by Daniel Caamano, through licensee Almavision of Miami,[2] brokered to KONK Communications.

History

WKIZ began broadcasting on March 27, 1959.[1] It was owned by the Florida Keys Broadcasting Corporation.[3]

In the early 1990s, the station aired an oldies format.[4] [5] It was taken off the air December 6, 1994, but resumed broadcasting in early 1997, as an affiliate of Bloomberg News.[6] [7] It adopted a Spanish language format later in the year.[8] In the 2000s, the station aired a progressive talk format as an affiliate of Air America.[9] [10] [11]

In 2010, Overseas Radio, LLC began brokering broadcasting time on WKIZ.[12] The station was branded KONK and aired a talk radio format. The radio station was called "The Best Talk Radio Station in Florida" by Florida Monthly magazine (September 2010).[13] [14] KONK originally signed on May 26, 2009, as an unlicensed station operating under U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Part 15 low power rules, broadcasting on 1630 kHz at 1 milliwatt, covering only the island of Key West.[15]

The station was taken off the air on September 10, 2017, due to damage to its transmitter, caused by Hurricane Irma.[16] It resumed operations in September 2018, running reduced power of 62.5 watts, but was again taken silent on October 22, 2018.[17] [18] Its license expired on February 1, 2020, as its owner failed to file an application to renew the station's license.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook, Broadcasting, 1971. p. B-42. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. Web site: DWKIZ Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  3. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=62187 History Cards for WKIZ
  4. Ross, Sean; Stark, Phyllis; Levy, Rochelle. "Vox Jox", Billboard. January 18, 1992. p. 76. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  5. Unmacht, Robert. "Format Changes", The M Street Journal. Vol. 9, No. 17. April 27, 1992. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  6. Unmacht, Robert. "Washington This Week", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 6. February 12, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  7. "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 7. February 12, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  8. "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 38. September 24, 1997. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. [David Bender|Bender, David]
  10. Web site: Find a Station . https://web.archive.org/web/20050711085630/http://airamericaradio.com/stations . Air America . July 11, 2005 . March 11, 2020 . dead .
  11. Web site: Programming . https://web.archive.org/web/20090728193319/http://www.wkizradio.com/programming.html . WKIZ . July 28, 2009 . March 11, 2020 . dead .
  12. News: Florida Keys Keynoter . Keys radio station strengthens signal . February 24, 2010 . Station owner Guy de Boer has entered into a lease/management agreement with WKIZ-1500, owned by Washington state-based Seattle Streaming Radio, which has a 250-watt transmitter on 5th Avenue on Stock Island. . .
  13. Web site: Best of Florida Awards 2010 . Florida Media, Inc. . . December 17, 2010 . December 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101103100/http://www.floridamagazine.com/bestof2010.html . January 1, 2011 . dead .
  14. News: Best of Florida Awards 2010 . September 2010 . Florida Monthly . Florida Media, Inc. . . October 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101115080819/http://floridamagazine.com/previous/sep2010.html . November 15, 2010 . dead .
  15. News: Margaret . Menge . Key West Keynoter . Old time radio returns to Key West - KONK 1630 AM starts broadcasting: talk all day, music all night . May 30, 2009 . June 20, 2009.
  16. "Request for Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent", fcc.gov. November 1, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  17. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=87676 Almavision of Miami, Inc. WKIZ(AM), Key West, Florida Facility Identification Number: 11193 Special Temporary Authority
  18. "Request for Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent", fcc.gov. November 29, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  19. "Radio License Expirations", fcc.gov. January 17, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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