WYKX is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

, it first began broadcasting in 1977 under the WFNN call sign. It is locally owned and operated by KMB Broadcasting along with adult standards

Adult standards

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 sister station WDBC

WDBC

WDBC is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult standards music....

 680 AM.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, WFNN was "Fun 104," an automated Top 40 station. Most programming was separate from WDBC, with a few exceptions including simulcasts of Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

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's American Top 40

American Top 40

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. Following the debut of WGLQ in 1982, the station switched to its current calls and format.

WYKX belongs to the Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

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 radio network and broadcasts every regular season home and away game for the central UP. The broadcast range is from Menominee

Menominee, Michigan

Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...

 to Marquette

Marquette, Michigan

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 and Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, Michigan

Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,154. It is the county seat of Dickinson County, in the state's Upper Peninsula....

 to Manistique. It can also be heard across Lake Michigan in parts of northern Lower Michigan, around Leland

Leland, Michigan

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 and Frankfort

Frankfort, Michigan

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