WKNT (AM)

WKNT (1520 AM) - branded iHeart80s @ 92.1 - is a commercial 1980s hits radio station licensed to, serving both the and  metro areas. WKNT is owned by. The WKNT studios are located in, while the station transmitter resides in.

History
On March 20, 2016, purchased WJMP from Media-Com. On March 22, WJMP reverted it's callsign back to the pre-1989 WKNT callsign and flipped to a daytime-only "burner" simulcast of (as a interim format while iHeartMedia looked into a format to switch WKNT to). On April 8, iHeartMedia received approval from the FCC to allow WKNT to go from Class D (daytime only) to Class C (local). The upgrade was completed on May 10, thus meaning WKNT now airs for 24 hours.

On March 23, 2017 at 7:00 a.m., WKNT broke off from the WHLO simulcast and began stunting with a loop of four songs - "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, "Run With Us" by Lisa Lougheed, "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister, and "Take on Me" by A-ha - mixed with sweepers promoting a new format that was "coming soon" and announcing that "This station's going back in time." The stunt was also simulcast on new -licensed translator W221CH on 92.1 FM. On April 4 at 11:00 a.m., WKNT officially flipped to all-1980s hits as "iHeart80s @ 92.1". The first song on iHeart80s @ 92.1 was "Whip It" by Akron band. The station features mostly out-of-market personalities who voice-track their shows, and has a very small local staff.