WKAC
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WKAC is a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 in Athens, Alabama
Athens, Alabama
Athens is a city in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 18,967. According to the 2009 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 24,234...

, USA, broadcasting on the 1080 kHz frequency. The station is owned by Limestone Broadcasting Company, Inc. It primarily serves the Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....

, market.

Programming

The station plays a mix of local programming and oldies. Weekday programming includes morning drive with Ken Fox, "Sick Call" hosted by Jay Hudson, "The Classifieds", late mornings with "The Morning Show with Ken and Kirk", mid-days with Tim Lambert's "Goodtime Gold Midday Show", early afternoons with Kirk Harvey and late afternoons with Lori James. "Sick Call" is a daily program which lists recent deaths and people in the hospital; the show first aired in 1953. "The Classifieds", formerly known as "Swap 'n' Shop", is a live call-in tradio
Tradio
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 show for listing things for sale. The music is an oldies format. This programming block airs from sign-on to sign-off on weekdays.

Weekend programming includes a mix of music and local shows. Notable weekend shows include the "PlayAction Sports Report" on Saturday mornings. WKAC began internet streaming in 2011.

Spanish-language

The station broadcasts in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 from 10:00am on Saturdays, and noon on Sundays. They end both days at station sign-off. The station is one of three in the area that broadcast at least part-time in Spanish. The others are WYAM
WYAM (AM)
WYAM is a Spanish language Variety formatted radio station licensed to serve Hartselle, Alabama. The station primarily serves the Huntsville, Alabama, area. It is owned by Decatur Communications Properties, LLC....

 (890 AM) in Hartselle
Hartselle, Alabama
Hartselle is the second largest city in Morgan County, Alabama, United States, about south of Decatur, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2006 census estimates, the population of the city is 13,479. Hartselle was...

 and WJHX
WJHX
WJHX is a radio station licensed to the community of Lexington, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Bar Broadcasting, Inc...

 (620 AM) in Lexington
Lexington, Alabama
Lexington is a town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 840.-Geography:...

 which both broadcast full-time in Spanish.

History

Notable former air personalities include George Rose who, along with his alter-ego "Cousin Josh" character, hosted "The Cousin Josh Jam-O-Ree" on several North Alabama radio stations in a career than began in 1948 at then-WJMW and ended at WKAC with his death in 2006. Popular Birmingham air personality Coyote J Calhoun was program director at WKAC for a short period in late 1972 working under the air name Jackson (Jack) Richards.

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