ɪnˈɪʃəli ɐ mjˈuːtʃuːəl ɐfˈɪlɪˌeɪt, dˌʌbəljˌuːkˌeɪdʒˌeɪdʒˈiː dʒˈɔɪnd ˌɛnbˌiːsˈiː ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks, ˈæftɚ wˈaʊoʊ dɹˈɑːpt ˌɛnbˌiːsˈiː tə ɡˌoʊ ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt; ðɪs bɹˈɔːt ðə stˈeɪʃən ɪn lˈaɪn wɪð sˈɪstɚ stˈeɪʃən dˌʌbəljˌuːkˌeɪdʒˌeɪdʒˈiːtˌiːvˈiː tʃˈænəl θˈɜːɾi θɹˈiː, wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn ɐn ˌɛnbˌiːsˈiːtˌiːvˈiː ɐfˈɪlɪˌeɪt sˈɪns ɡˌoʊɪŋ ɔnðɪ ˈɛɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː.
Initially a Mutual affiliate, WKJG joined NBC Radio in 1956, after WOWO dropped NBC to go independent; this brought the station in line with sister station WKJG-TV (channel 33), which had been an NBC-TV affiliate since going on the air in 1953.