WKDZ-FM

WKDZ-FM (106.5 FM) is a radio station licensed in Cadiz, Kentucky. WKDZ-FM is owned by Ham Broadcasting. Beth Mann serves as Ham Broadcasting owner/president.
In 2004, Ham Broadcasting moved from their former Will Jackson Road location to a new facility at Broadbent Square in east Cadiz.
History.
The station first signed on the air at 106.3 megahertz on May 18, 1972. It began as a 3,000-watt FM simulcast station of WKDZ-AM for its first ten years on the air. At that time, WKDZ-AM broadcast a Variety format. In the mid 1980s, the station became separate from the AM counterpart, and began broadcasting an Adult contemporary format.
Under the WBZD callsign from 1985 to 1991, the station continued its Adult Contemporary format. In 1991, the station's callsign was reverted to the original WKDZ-FM, and it began broadcasting a country format.
Programming.
Format and coverage area.
WKDZ-FM broadcasts a country music format and serves Trigg, Christian, Caldwell, Lyon, and Todd counties in Kentucky, along with nearby Montgomery and Stewart counties in Middle Tennessee.
Sports programming.
In addition to its usual music programming, WKDZ-FM is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans Radio Network, which broadcasts live games involving the NFL's Tennessee Titans based in Nashville. WKDZ-FM also serves as one of three affiliates of the University of Kentucky Wildcats radio network in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville market (the other two are WHOP-AM and WHOP-FM). WKDZ-FM also broadcasts Trigg County High School football games on Friday nights from mid-August through November.
On August 1, 2017, the station launched "YourSportsEdge.com", a sports website dedicated to covering sports at Trigg County High School, Caldwell County High School, Lyon County High School, Hopkinsville High School, Christian County High School, Heritage Christian Academy, University Heights Academy, Fort Campbell High School, and Todd County Central High School. In addition, the site covers college sports and the Hoptown Hoppers Ohio Valley League baseball team.
News operation.
WKDZ-FM is unique in that it, along with sister stations WHVO and WKDZ-AM, boasts a full-time news department in house. The one-hour newscasts, branded as News Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m. Central Time over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations. Shorter newscasts are run at 6, 7, and 8 a.m. CT. Hourly national news updates are provided by Fox News Radio at the top of each hour.
Awards and recognitions.
WKDZ-FM has been recognized many times for its community service. The station also has won a Marconi Award for "Small Market Station Of The Year" in 2008, 2013, and 2017. WKDZ-FM has also been consistently nominated for the coveted NAB Crystal Award for Community Service, which they won in 2013.