WKNW

WKNW
Former logo under Talk Radio 1400 branding
City	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Broadcast area	(Daytime) (Nighttime)
Branding	ESPN 1400
Frequency	1400 kHz AM
First air date	August 1990
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts (Daytime) 950 watts (Nighttime)
Former callsigns	WBPW (?-2/5/1990) WDHP (2/5/1990-7/23/1990)
Affiliations	ESPN Radio Michigan IMG Sports Network
Owner	Sovereign Communications
Sister stations	AM: WNBY, WSOO FM: WMKD, WNBY, WSUE, WYSS
Website	(live streaming link available)

WKNW is a sports radio station broadcasting at 1400 kHz on the AM dial serving Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The station is currently the ESPN Radio affiliate for the Sault Ste. Marie market, and is the market's only dedicated sports radio station. According to past editions of the Broadcasting Yearbook, the station went on the air as WKNW in August 1990, after briefly holding the callsigns WBPW and WDHP before launch.

Originally owned by Algoma Broadcasting (who also owned top-40 FM station WYSS at the same time), WNKW operated as a news/talk station with live sports coverage from its inception throughout later ownership changes to Marathon Media in 1998, and Northern Star Broadcasting in 2002. The station is currently owned by Sovereign Communications, who acquired the station in 2010. Following the ownership change, WKNW became a full ESPN Radio affiliate, with prior ESPN programming that aired on existing Sovereign AM station WSOO moving to WKNW, and some WKNW talk programs going the other way, notably including Coast to Coast AM. WKNW remains the most recent Sault Ste. Marie-area radio station to broadcast syndicated right wing political talk shows as part of their regular daily schedule.

Though current programming is largely syndicated from ESPN, WKNW does broadcast Soo Eagles hockey games and Lake Superior State University mens & women's basketball games, as well as the local sports talk programs The Hockey North Show & The Laker Hockey Show, hosted by Randy Russon & Bill Crawford respectively.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WKNW History

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WKNW

Radio-Locator Information on WKNW

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKNW

Radio stations in the Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry, Michigan area (U.S.-licensed stations only)

By FM frequency	88.7 89.9/99.7/103.3 90.1 91.5 93.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.3 99.5 100.7 101.3 102.3 105.5

By AM frequency	940 1230 1400 1450

By callsign	W204AQ W264CF WCMZ WHWG/W259AD/W277AG WIDG WIHC WJOH WKNW WLSO WMJT WMKD WNBY-AM WNBY-FM WSOO WSUE WTHN WUPN WYSS

Nearby radio markets Alpena Marquette Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 46°29′18″N 84°19′45″W / 46.48833°N 84.32917°W / 46.48833; -84.32917

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