MIAMI — Travel 40 miles west of downtown along Tamiami Trail, and you’ll reach Shark Valley, a highly popular bicycling and outdoors enthusiast’s park deep within the Florida Everglades.
Go about a mile further west, and you’ll see a broadcast tower for a 50kw non-secular noncomm that’s been used for a Christian Rock format featuring such acts as Rapture Ruckus and Istra.
In 2017, the operators stated their intention to shift to an online-only operation. That’s now happening, as this station has been sold.
Call Communications Group is selling WMKL-FM 91.9, in the heart of Miccousukee Indian Reservation territory, to Radio Maria Inc.
That’s the New York City and Alexandria, La.-based broadcast ministry offering “Catholic Radio” to listeners in Natchitoches, La.; Biloxi, Miss.; Dayton-Springfield, Ohio; Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Port Arthur, Tex.; and Peshtigo, Wisc.
WMKL marks its first Florida property.
The sale is valued at $1.05 million, and a $52,500 deposit has been made. It is being held by John C. Trent, as escrow agent.
WMKL’s Class C2 signal has a city-grade signal over Miami’s western suburbs and is audible in-car across Miami-Dade County; its Broward County signal is, according to contour maps, limited to the far west. However, such maps can be deceiving in Florida, thanks to flat terrain. WMKL’s signal has been regularly received at RBR+TVBR‘s home editorial offices in southern Palm Beach County.
