What is "wmkd"

WMKD (105.5 FM, "Country 105," formerly known as "Big Country 105.5") is a Country music formatted radio station serving Pickford, Michigan and the "Twin Saults". WMKD's 55,000-watt signal covers most of the eastern Upper Peninsula and far northern lower Michigan.

Although a construction permit for 105.5 WADW was granted in 1993, the station did not sign on until 2001. WADW was originally known as "Memories 105.5" and aired a mix of oldies from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, marking the first time an oldies station had been on the air in the Sault Ste. Marie area. The station was soon sold to Starboard Media and was taken silent while Starboard prepared to broadcast its Relevant Radio Catholic religious format on 105.5. WADW broadcast intermittently through the next three years, alternating between periods of silence and automated new age/ smooth jazz music. In the summer of 2005, Starboard sold the station to current owners Northern Star Broadcasting, who debuted the current calls and format in early 2006. Northern Star sold the station to Sovereign Communications in 2010.1