WKKC 89.3 FM

CTL-E-1269 · RadioStation · other · 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Nonprofit educational radio station (89.3 FM) owned by City Colleges of Chicago at Kennedy-King College; trains Black broadcasting students while serving the South Side with an urban format — public-institution control of a Black voice asset.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-079; source research type(s): radio station.

Sources

City Colleges of Chicago, WKKC-FM 89.3 Radio (official). https://www.ccc.edu/kennedy/departments/wkkc-fm-89.3-radio/
The HistoryMakers, Marv Dyson finding aid (A2007_021). https://www.thehistorymakers.org/sites/default/files/A2007_021_EAD.pdf
ccc.edu, WKKC official page
broadcast-history accounts (conflicting)
thehistorymakers.org, Marv Dyson finding aid (A2007_021)

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