WKDD
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| City | Munroe Falls, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Akron-Canton metro areas |
| Branding | 98.1 KDD |
| Slogan | Akron's Best Music |
| Frequency | 98.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | W215BS/Hinckley 90.9 MHz W273BL/Akron 102.5 MHz W291BV/Solon 106.1 MHz |
| First air date | November 19, 1961 |
| Format |
Hot AC HD2: News/talk (WHLO simulcast) HD3: Religious |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 138 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 43863 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°12′0.00″N 81°31′23.00″W / 41.2000000°N 81.5230556°W |
| Former callsigns | WTOF (1961–85) WTOF-FM (1985–97) WHK-FM (1997–2001) WAKS (2001) |
| Affiliations |
iHeartRadio Premiere Networks Premium Choice |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WARF, WHLO, WHOF, WRQK-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wkdd |
WKDD (98.1 FM) – branded 98.1 WKDD – is a commercial Hot Adult Contemporary radio station licensed to Munroe Falls, Ohio, serving both the Akron and Canton metro areas. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station serves as the local affiliate for American Top 40. The WKDD studios are located in the Canton suburb of North Canton, while the station transmitter resides in Akron suburb Cuyahoga Falls.
Besides a standard analog transmission, WKDD broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.
In 1960, Edwin Mortenson moved to Canton, Ohio and began construction on a new 50,000-watt FM radio station: WTOF at 98.1 megahertz (MHz). Mortenson had tired of losing his radio ministry whenever a new station owner would come along and flip his affiliate's format; he resolved to build his own radio station to keep his religious shows on the air – WTOF-FM was that station. Broadcasting a Christian format under the name Tower of Faith (the origin of the "WTOF" call letters), the station served the Canton area for decades, and was just the first of several stations to come under Mortenson's ownership – the start of Mortenson Broadcasting. In 1985, the station changed its callsign to WTOF-FM.
In 1997, Mortenson opted to sell off WTOF-FM, and Akron-licensed station WHLO 640 AM, to California-based Salem Communications; soon the West Coast firm would change the station's callsign to WHK-FM. Salem had already purchased WHK (1420 AM) the previous year and flipped its format from news/talk to religious programming; the new WHK-FM would simulcast its sister station's content for the next few years.
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