WFMW
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 730 kHz |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ham Broadcasting, Inc. |
| WKTG | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Former call signs | WCIF (1947–1950)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 60880 | |
| Class | D |
| Power | 500 watts day 215 watts night |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wfmwradio.com |
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WFMW (730 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to and serving Madisonville, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by Ham Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio.[3]
History
The station began operation in 1947 as WCIF, which was under ownership of Pierce and Dutch Lackey. Two years later, the station launched its FM companion, WCIF-FM, at 104.9 megacycles. However, that same year, Messenger Broadcasting Company, a unit of the Madisonville Messenger newspaper, built and signed on WFMW-FM at 103.1 megacycles, which became Kentucky's first-ever FM-exclusive radio station. In 1950, the Messenger acquired the Lackey-owned station. As a result, WCIF and WFMW were consolidated to become one radio empire; WCIF-FM was permanently taken off the air, while the AM station was acquired to became WFMW to match the callsign of the surviving FM station (now WKTG), which later increased their power and changed frequencies to 93.9 MHz.[1]Template:R/superscript
On November 19, 1970, the station was knocked off the air due to winds blowing down the station's transmission tower. The AM station returned to the air the next day, but the FM was fed on local cable television by means of telephone line until the FM transmitter was repaired.[1]Template:R/superscript
The FM station became a separate entity in 1978, when it began broadcasting a classic rock format as WKTG, while WFMW became one of the first stations in western Kentucky to go exclusively country.[1]Template:R/superscript
WFMW remained in the hands of the original owners until being sold to various companies, including Sound Telecasters, Inc. Sound Telecasters sold WFMW and WKTG in June 2024 to Cadiz, Kentucky-based Ham Broadcasting, Inc. for a reported price of $815,000. Ham Broadcasting took over operation of both stations, beginning July 1.[4]
Programming
Programming on WFMW includes Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons high school sports, a tradio program called "Tell & Sell," a sports-talk program called "Kentucky Sports Radio," Country Gold with Randy Owen, The Country Oldies Show, Classic Country Rewind, and Looking Up Country with Johnny Stone. The local airstaff includes long-time broadcaster Danny Koeber, Aaron Bone, and others.
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. pp. 94–96. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WFMW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WFMW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Sales Week of 6/14". Radioinsight. June 14, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
External links
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- WFMW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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