WKAI is a 25,000 watt FM radio station on 100.1 kHz in Macomb, Illinois

Macomb, Illinois

Macomb is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois southwest of Galesburg. The population was 18,588 at the 2000 census. Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University.- Geography :...

, in west-central Illinois

Forgottonia

Forgottonia is the name given to a fourteen-county region in Western Illinois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This geographic region forms the western bulge of Illinois that is roughly equivalent to "The Tract," the Illinois portion of the Military Tract of 1812, along and west of the Fourth...

. WKAI has been on the air since June 6, 1966. It is owned by Nancy L. Foster via Colchester Radio, Inc., and part of husband-and-wife company Prestige Communications.

Survey after survey shows K-100 to be the most popular radio station in McDonough County. K-100 features contemporary hit music of the 80's, 90's and today along with local news, weather, sports and chances to win prizes several times each day. K-100 also carries live play-by-play of Macomb High School

Macomb High School

Macomb High School, or MHS, is a public four-year high school located at 1525 S. Johnson Street in Macomb, Illinois, a city in McDonough County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MHS is part of Macomb Community Unit School District 185, which also includes Macomb Junior High School, Edison...

 football and basketball, and other special sports broadcasts throughout the year.

History

• 1966 — WKAI-FM is added to the existing WKAI-AM (now WLRB
  WLRB
  WLRB is a daytimer radio station licensed to Macomb, Illinois on 1510 kHz. It broadcasts a Talk format.Because WLRB shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, WLRB broadcasts only during the daytime....
  
  ) at 1510 kHz and Macomb Daily Journal media properties owned by the Rudolph family.
• 2005 — Construction permit filed with FCC to increase station power to 11.5 kW ERP.
• 2009 — WKAI was transferred from WPW Broadcasting, Inc. in DeKalb, Illinois
  DeKalb, Illinois
  DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 at the 2010 census, up from 39,018 at the 2000 census. The city is named after decorated German war hero Johann De Kalb, who died during the American Revolutionary War....
  
  to Colchester Radio, Inc.