WKWF-AM 1600

A radio station broadcasting a classic jazz and standards format on 1600 AM, licensed to serve the Florida Keys area. The station carries music rooted in the American Songbook tradition, presenting the classic jazz and vocal standards repertoire associated with the mid-twentieth century. Founded in 1944 by John Maloney Spottswood, who served simultaneously as Sheriff of Monroe County and later as a Florida State Senator, the station has one of the longer broadcasting histories in the region. Ownership remains with Spottswood Partners II, maintaining continuity with its founding family across more than seven decades of operation. Its signal serves an island community geographically distinct from mainland Florida radio markets, providing a locally rooted broadcast presence at the southernmost end of the continental United States.