WKMK(106.3 FM Thunder 106) is a country music formatted radio station, licensed to Eatontown, New Jersey and serving Monmouth and Middlesex counties.
WKMK programming is simulcast on WTHJ (106.5 FM) Bass River Township, New Jersey, which serves Ocean, Burlington, and Atlantic counties.
Interference with WDHA in northern New Jersey resulted in the move to its current 106.3 MHz frequency in 1965, which had been vacated in 1963 when WFHA in Red Bank, NJ, discontinued operations.
The station started to play emerging local bands, such as Dramarama, along with national alternative artists such as The Bolshoi, Flesh for Lulu, Social Distortion, and Hüsker Dü.
More format changes ensued, but none of them made much of an impact on the Atlantic City market and the owners eventually applied to move the station to its present location and frequency.
On December 8, 2010, the WBBO call sign reverted to the FM station on 98.5 MHz licensed to Ocean Acres, near Manahawkin.
The Saturday Morning Breakfast Club took a nostalgic look at alternative rock from the 1980s, while Common Threads (a program that dates back to the FM 106-3 era and originally featured "theme" sets of songs) showcased modern acoustic music.
Another specialty show heard on Sunday nights called The Underground, which featured indie bands as well as b-sides and unknown tracks from current played artists, which was dropped in March 2007.
[5] In a letter posted in response to the protest, CEO of Press Communications Robert McAllan lambasted the G Rock Radio fans for their perceived reluctance to fill out Arbitron surveys, adding that he hoped that they would tune into the new station, which counted Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Pink and Fall Out Boy among its core artists.