WKKP
City of license | McDonough, Georgia |
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Broadcast area | Henry County, Georgia |
Branding | Classic Country 1410 |
Slogan | You're in Classic Country |
Frequency | 1410 kHz |
First air date | April 24, 1967 |
Format | Classic Country |
Language(s) | English |
Power | 2,500 watts day 58 watts night |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 26940 |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Former callsigns | WJGA (1967-1979) WZAL (1979-1992) |
Former frequencies | 1540 kHz |
Owner | Henry County Radio, Inc. |
Sister stations | WJGA-FM |
WKKP Classic Country 1410 broadcasts on 1410 kHz at a power of 2,500 watts daytime and 58 watts at night from a tower located on Racetrack Road in McDonough, Georgia, a southern suburb of Atlanta. The station is owned by Henry County Radio Co, Inc. and originates from studios located on Brownlee Road in Jackson, Georgia.
The station callsign was originally WZAL, assigned to 1540 kHz, and owned by Dallas Tarkenton (older brother of Fran Tarkenton). Broadcasting as WZAL continued until it was purchased by DeVan-Moore Communication, Inc. in 1980. The station saw successful growth in the hands of Jim DeVan, former manager of WMCD (Statesboro, Georgia), and moved to 1410 kHz in the late 1980s.
Jim DeVan managed WZAL until his sudden death from a work-related accident in 1991. The station was sold to a former Tarkenton associate (Earnhart), who changed the call letters and moved the studios to Jackson several years later. WKKP (Kopy Kat Programming) aired local programming in the morning, followed by simulcast programming from sister station WJGA-FM in Jackson, Georgia.
The station has gone through many format changes, and currently broadcasts Classic Country programming from satellite. WKKP also broadcasts AP network news at the top of the hour. The Henry County Schools high school football game of the week is also aired every Saturday at 1:00PM during the football season. Play by play coverage is provided by Jason Shadden, and Tony Tumlin provides color commentation. They also broadcast high school baseball and basketball games in season, with Rob Gulley providing play by play.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WKKP
- Radio-Locator Information on WKKP
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKKP
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