WFMW

WFMW
Madisonville, Kentucky ;
Frequency	730 kHz
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	CBS Radio
Ownership
Owner	Sound Broadcasters, Inc.
Sister stations	WKTG
History
First air date	1947;77 years ago
Former call signs	WCIF (1947–1950)
Technical information
Facility ID	60880
Class	D
Power	500 watts day; 215 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	37°21′31″N87°29′45″W / 37.35861°N 87.49583°W
Translator(s)	94.9 MHz (W235AC - Madisonville); 107.7 MHz W299CN (Madisonville)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wfmw.net

Last updated June 12, 2024

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 Sound Broadcasters, Inc. and features programming from CBS Radio.^[2]

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]^: 95

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.^[1]^: 95

Programming

Programming on WFMW includes Madisonville 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 Danny Koeber, Pat Ballard and Kevin O'Connor.

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References

1 2 3 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.
↑ "WFMW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

WFMW in the FCC AM station database
WFMW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[Nash-1] 1 2 3 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.

[2] "WFMW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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