WKLK AM 1230

An AM radio station broadcasting at 1230 kHz with an adult standards and nostalgia format branded as "America's Best Music," licensed to Cloquet, Minnesota, and serving the broader Duluth region. The station is owned by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, making it part of one of the few tribally owned commercial radio clusters in the United States. WKLK carries news from the Associated Press and is notable for several long-running specialty programs. The International Polka Party, dedicated to polka music and culture, has aired continuously for more than seventy-five years. WKLK Radio Classics, broadcast on Sunday evenings, revisits "Theater of the Mind" productions from the Golden Age of Radio. The station first signed on January 31, 1950, founded by Harry Newby Sr. as a local voice for Carlton County, with its call letters derived phonetically from its city of license. After passing through several owners over the following decades, it was acquired by the Fond du Lac Band, which has maintained its nostalgic programming identity while operating it as a commercial enterprise.