WKQK

For the Germantown, Tennessee, radio station that held the call sign WKQK at 94.1 FM from 2008 to 2014, see WMLE.

WKQK (1300 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cocoa Beach, Florida, and serving the Space Coast section of Florida. The station is owned by First Baptist Church of Melbourne, through licensee First Baptist Church, Inc.

WKQK

Cocoa Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Space Coast, Florida
Frequency	1300 kHz
Branding	Radio 1300
Programming
Format	Full service adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	First Baptist Church of Melbourne (First Baptist Church, Inc.)
Sister stations	WCIF
History
First air date	June 22, 1959
Former call signs	WRKT (1959–1988) WXXU (1988–2003) WTIR (2003–2008) WMEL (2008–2016)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	68615
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	28°20′38.00″N 80°46′6.00″W
Translator(s)	104.5 MHz W283DJ (Cocoa)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	radio1300.com

Until 2020, WKQK featured a full service adult contemporary radio format. It was unique in that it featured music only from local artists. The station also aired frequent local news, community announcements, marine weather forecasts, airport arrival and departure info and high school sports. As of 2020, the station is fully automated, with all announcements pre-recorded. The studios, offices and transmitter are off Pluckebaum Road in Cocoa, Florida.^[2]

History

The station first signed on the air on June 22, 1959, as WRKT.^[3] Because the station was near Cape Canaveral, those call letters stood for "Rocket". On May 8, 1962, an FM station was added, with the call letters WRKT-FM (today WTKS-FM).