City of license | Chicago, IL |
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Branding | 89.3 WKKC |
Frequency | 89.3 MHz |
First air date | July 31, 1979 |
Format | urban contemporary |
Power | 250 watts |
Class | A |
Callsign meaning | We're Kennedy King College |
Owner | City Colleges of Chicago |
Website | http://wkkc.fm/ |
WKKC 89.3 FM is an educational non-profit radio station in Chicago, Illinois licensed to be operated by Kennedy-King College.
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WKKC 89.3 FM Produced on air Chicago/Indiana talents: Reggie Miles, Mike Brown, Isadore Pink House (RIP), Shawn Knight, & Khris "The 1st Lady" Raye, Virgil Hemphill, Pastor Emmett Kevin Brown, James Kelly, Guy Black, PJ Willis, Don Dillard (RIP), Bobby Q Davis(AKA Bobby Q Bobby), Al Greer, Lamont Watts, Maurice King, Gaylon Hayes, Aaron Rainer, Brian Frazier, Walter Love, Pat Short, Jonathan Hood, Ray Dilla, Traci Williams, Friday Night Audio, Ronnie Davis, Sam Sylk, Ralph Da Hoov Liggins, Allen Wright, Barbara A McDowell, Chi-Blizz Bruce Johnson, D.J. Chip, Carl Chiill Young,Dennis Snipe, Gant-Man Garrard Wilson, Nehpets "Dj Nehpets" Giddens, Gerald Anthony Kelly, Keith Reed, Lloyd Dev, Marcella Jones, Romell Chilly C., Oz Man, Keno Greer, Drewsean Williams, Omar Gaawwd (AKA Shannon The Archaeologist of Hip Hop), Maeola Davis, Gerald G-Smooth Frazier, Chris Base and more
Birth place of "Friday Night Audio" (1984) where underground house music was heard live on the air 1st! Friday Night Audio was the place to be on Friday night's heard on the South Side of Chicago. You could here mixes by past popular DJ's, Walter "Get Down" Brown, Bobby Q Bobby, Hugo H, Pink House, Romell "Chilly C" Carter, Jam Master K, Lloyd Devastating Jackmaster, Ray Dilla, and many more! Friday Night Audio's popular past host were: Walter "Get Down" Brown, Bobby Q Bobby, Romell Chilly C., Jam Master K, & Lloyd Devastating Jackmaster. Lloyd Devastating Jackmaster now known as Lloyd Dev was the last Friday Night Audio host until the show ended in mid 2008. The end of an era.
WKKC was also the birth place of "The Young Peoples Network" Created by James C. Kelly in 1985.
Birth place of "The Friday Night Connection" Created by James C. Kelly in 1986.