WEKC (Williamsburg, Kentucky)

Last updated
DWEKC
Broadcast area Williamsburg and Vicinity
Frequency 710 kHz
BrandingAM Gospel 710
Ownership
OwnerGerald Parks
History
First air date
May 5, 1981
Last air date
August 3, 2020
Technical information
Facility ID 72790
Class D
Power 4,200 Watts (Daytime)
Transmitter coordinates
36°46′28″N84°10′5″W / 36.77444°N 84.16806°W / 36.77444; -84.16806

WEKC (710 AM) was a radio station which last broadcast a gospel music format in Williamsburg, Kentucky, United States. The station broadcast during daytime hours only, because it shared the same frequency as "clear channel" station WOR in New York City. WEKC was last owned by Gerald Parks.

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History

The Williamsburg Broadcasting Corporation was granted a construction permit for a new 250-watt radio station on 710 kHz on May 5, 1981. [1]

The last licensee, Gerald Parks, failed to renew it in 2020, causing the station to be deleted on August 3 of that year. The call letters were then adopted by the repeater of WEKU in Corbin.

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