- Station name Station name
- WKZO 590 & 106.9 Kalamazoo, MI
- Description Description
- The studios and offices are on West Main Street in Kalamazoo. WKZO's transmitter is a four-tower array on McKinley Street at 21st Street North in Cooper Township, Michigan. The station operates at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna by day.
- Launch date Launch date
- 28 April 1923
- Owner Owner
- Midwest Communications
- Contact Contact
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WKZO 590 & 106.9 Kalamazoo, MI
United States
Format
64kbps • AAC
WKZO (590 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc., and airs a talk radio format.
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| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | wkzo.com |
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Primary frequency
590.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
42.3486389, -85.5633333
Coverage area
Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area Southwest Michigan
Owner / network
Midwest Communications
First air date
28 April 1923
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| Station ID | 49285 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, Michigan |
| Branding | Newsradio 590 and 106.9 FM WKZO |
| Owner | Midwest Communications |
| Broadcast area | Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area Southwest Michigan |
| Launched | 28 April 1923 |
| Website | wkzo.com |
| Primary frequency | 0.59 MHz |
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| Last check | 11 hours ago |
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| Stream host | 22983.live.streamtheworld.com |
| Final host | 22983.live.streamtheworld.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | MediaGateway 6.16.1-500.el9 |
| Latency | 1165 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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About station About WKZO 590 & 106.9 Kalamazoo, MI
WKZO (590 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc., and airs a talk radio format.
The studios and offices are on West Main Street in Kalamazoo. WKZO's transmitter is a four-tower array on McKinley Street at 21st Street North in Cooper Township, Michigan. The station operates at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna by day. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power and West Michigan's mostly flat land (with near-perfect ground conductivity), its daytime signal reaches much of the southwestern Lower Peninsula, with Grade B coverage as far east as Lansing, as far south as South Bend and as far north as Mount Pleasant. At night, to protect other stations on AM 590, WKZO switches to a directional antenna, with power fed to all four towers. Much of the nighttime signal is directed north, concentrating it in the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids areas. WKZO programming is also on a 200-watt FM translator, 106.9 W295CL, heard in Kalamazoo and adjacent communities.
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