WKNW
Encyclopedia
WKNW is a news
/talk radio
station broadcasting at 1400 kHz on the AM dial serving Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
, Canada
. According to past editions of the Broadcasting Yearbook, the station went on the air as WKNW in August of 1990, and has had a talk radio format from the beginning. The station is currently owned by Sovereign Communications
, who acquired the station from Northern Star Broadcasting
in 2010.http://www.sooeveningnews.com/news/x503205101/Sovereign-Communications-acquires-more-radio-stations
News Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....
/talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
station broadcasting at 1400 kHz on the AM dial serving Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...
and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. According to past editions of the Broadcasting Yearbook, the station went on the air as WKNW in August of 1990, and has had a talk radio format from the beginning. The station is currently owned by Sovereign Communications
Sovereign Communications
Sovereign Communications, LLC is an American radio broadcasting company which owns 15 radio stations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with offices in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The company is owned and operated by William C...
, who acquired the station from Northern Star Broadcasting
Northern Star Broadcasting
Northern Star Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company which owns nine radio stations in northern Michigan, with offices in Cheboygan and Traverse City. In 2010 it sold several of its Upper Peninsula radio stations toSovereign Communications of Sault Ste...
in 2010.http://www.sooeveningnews.com/news/x503205101/Sovereign-Communications-acquires-more-radio-stations