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WMKM (1440 Hertz) is a commercial radio AM radio radio station licensed to Inkster, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. Owned by Timothy Gallagher, through licensee Great Lakes Radio—Detroit, LLC, the station airs an Urban Gospel radio format branded as Gospel 1440 AM. The and offices are on East Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
WMKM broadcasts with 1,000 of power using two different directional signal patterns for day and night. Its six-tower array is located near Ecorse and Merriman Roads in Romulus, Michigan. Radio-Locator.com/WMKM
In February 1990, WCHB abandoned 1440 for the 1200 kHz frequency licensed to Taylor, Michigan, a more powerful signal. (That station today is WMUZ.) At that point, the station on 1440 AM took the call sign WMKM and began broadcasting brokered urban gospel and Christian programming aimed at the African-American community. Eventually the station added a few hours of brokered Spanish language programming during the afternoon hours. The station's owner, Davidson Media Group, specialized in Gospel/Inspirational and Latino formats. In November 2005, the station's call letters temporarily changed to WRJD to match the new "Rejoice" slogan ( Re joice Detroit). The call sign switched back to WMKM, the following month, and then to WDRJ in April 2006.
In the summer of 2007, Davidson Media sold WDRJ to Communicom Corporation of America (CCA). CCA also owned WLNO New Orleans, and KXXT/KXEG in Phoenix, Arizona. WDRJ's gospel and Christian talk and teaching format did not change.
On October 6, 2014, the call letters returned to WMKM. At the same time, the station was sold by Communicom to Great Lakes Radio—Detroit, LLC.
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