WKDM
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| City | New York City |
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| Broadcast area | New York City |
| Frequency | 1380 kHz |
| First air date | September 25, 1926 |
| Format |
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| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71137 |
| Former callsigns | WBNX (1926–1984) WNNY (1999–2002) WLXE (2002–2003) |
| Owner |
Multicultural Broadcasting (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WZRC |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | WKDM 1380AM Online |
WKDM 1380 is a United States ethnic brokered radio station serving New York City and owned by Multicultural Broadcasting. The station broadcasts in Mandarin Chinese, 24 hours a day from Monday to Friday. On the weekends, it broadcasts in Spanish for Mexican audience.
WKDM has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase night power to 13,000 watts.
The station began operation in 1926 as WBNX, the call letters reflecting the station's location in the borough of the Bronx. One of the station's first permanent homes was inside Starlight Park, an amusement park located on the east bank of the Bronx River just south of East 177th Street. This tenancy lasted until 1932, when the Great Depression forced the park's closure, which then led to the station's eviction from its studios.
WBNX changed frequencies several times during its early years, eventually finding a permanent home on 1380 kHz, sharing time on the frequency with religious broadcaster WAWZ in central New Jersey. It operated 18 hours a day with general entertainment and brokered programming.
In 1960 WBNX was sold to United Broadcasting. By the mid-1960s, WBNX was airing a Spanish contemporary music format during most of its hours, with some Jewish-oriented and Italian-language programming on weekends.
In 1984 the station was renamed WKDM and became a full-time operation as United paid WAWZ owner Pillar of Fire to give up its portion of the time-share (WAWZ continued to operate on FM). It remained successful until the advent of a full-time Spanish format on WSKQ-FM in 1989, which pulled away listeners. As a result, in the early 1990s the station began to carry more leased-access/brokered shows. In 1992 it went completely brokered, and was sold to Multicultural in 1994.
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