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{{Infobox radio station
| name               = WKAI
| logo               = WKAI K100 logo.png
| logo_size          = 200px
| city               = [[Macomb, Illinois]]
| area               = Western Illinois
| branding           = '''''K 100'''''
| frequency          = 100.1 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| repeater           = 
| airdate            = 6 June 1966{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}
| format             = [[Contemporary Hit Radio]]
| language           = 
| erp                = 25,000 [[watt]]s
| haat               = {{convert|86|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class              = B1
| facility_id        = 60016
| coordinates        = {{coord|40|32|1.0|N|90|51|45.0|W |type:landmark_region:US-IL_source:NAD83 |display=inline,title}} ([[NAD83]])
| callsign_meaning   = to match original callsign of [[WCAZ (AM)|WCAZ]]
| former_callsigns   = WKAI-FM (1966&ndash;1984)
| former_frequencies = 
| affiliations       = 
| owner              = Fletcher Ford
| licensee           = [[Regional Media-Virden Broadcasting|Virden Broadcasting Corp.]]
| sister_stations    = [[WNLF]], [[WJEQ]], [[WMQZ]], [[WLMD (FM)|WLMD]]
| webcast            = 
| website            = {{URL|https://regionalmedia.live/radio/western-illinois/wkai-fm-k100/}} 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WKAI''' (100.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a 25,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=WKAI-FM 100.1 MHz - Macomb, IL |url=https://radio-locator.com/info/WKAI-FM |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=radio-locator.com}}</ref> watt [[radio station]] in [[Macomb, Illinois]], in [[Forgottonia|west-central Illinois]].  WKAI has been on the air since June 6, 1966.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GfnNiEFTIrAC&q=WKAI++6+june+1966|quote="WKAI ( FM ) — Co - owned with WLRB (AM). June 6, 1966 : 100.1 mhz; 3.08 kw . 463 ft ."|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook|date=2007|publisher=R.R. Bowker}}</ref> It is owned by Fletcher Ford, through licensee Virden Broadcasting Corp.

Survey after survey shows K-100 to be the most popular radio station in McDonough County.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}  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]] football and basketball, and other special sports broadcasts throughout the year.

==History==
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* 15 September 1965 &mdash; WKAI Broadcasting Company is granted permission to build a new FM radio station.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCZfLm87tt4C&dq=WKAI+radio+station&pg=PA1613|title=Federal Communications Commissions Report|page=1613|date=1965–1966|author=United States. Federal Communications Commission|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]}}</ref>
* 1966 &mdash; WKAI-FM is added<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-26 |title=WKAI 1510 AM Microphone Shaped Radio – Western Illinois Museum |url=https://wimuseum.org/wkai-1510-am/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> to the existing WKAI-AM (now [[WCAZ (AM)|WCAZ]]) at 1510&nbsp;kHz and ''Macomb Daily Journal'' media properties owned by the Rudolph family.
* 2005 &mdash; Construction permit filed with FCC to increase station power to 11.5&nbsp;kW ERP.
* 2009 &mdash; WKAI was transferred from WPW Broadcasting, Inc. in [[DeKalb, Illinois]] to Colchester Radio, Inc.<ref name="fcc323-adm">{{cite web | url = http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1293651&Service=AM&Form_id=323&Facility_id=60016 | title = FCC 323: OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS (file no. BOS-20090209ADM) | author = Colchester Radio, Inc. | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = 2009-02-04 | accessdate = 2009-07-25 }}</ref>
* November 30, 2015 &mdash; WKAI was sold to Virden Broadcasting Corp., along with five sister stations, for $725,000.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FM station data|60016|WKAI}}

{{Macomb Radio}}
{{Burlington (IA) Radio}}
{{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Illinois}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Illinois}}

[[Category:Macomb, Illinois]]
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1966]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Illinois|KAI]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Illinois]]


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