WKCM

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WKCM
WBIO 94.7-WKCM 1160 logo.png
Broadcast area Owensboro, Kentucky
Frequency 1160 kHz
BrandingCountry Classics
Programming
Format Classic country
Ownership
Owner
WBIO, WLME, WTCJ, WCJZ, WVJS, WXCM
History
First air date
November 7, 1972
Technical information
Facility ID 25966
Class B
Power 2,500 watts day
55 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
37°54′20″N86°45′30″W / 37.90556°N 86.75833°W / 37.90556; -86.75833
Translator(s) 92.1 W221EG (Hawesville)
97.9 W250BW (Whitesville)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website www.owensbororadio.com/wbio/

WKCM (1160 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Hawesville, Kentucky. The station is owned and operated by Hancock Communications, Inc., doing business as the Cromwell Radio Group, and the station's broadcast license is held by Hancock Communications, Inc. [1]

Contents

WKCM broadcasts a Classic country music format to the greater Owensboro, Kentucky, area.

History

The station signed on the air on November 7, 1972, the day of that year's election. For its first ten years on the air, it broadcast at AM 1140 on the dial. It reallocated to its present-day frequency of 1160 kilohertz in 1982. [2]

The station's transmission tower collapsed during a windstorm in January 1976; it returned to the air the next day with a makeshift antenna. [2]

In the 2010s, WKCM also broadcasts on three FM translators: Hawesville, KY (92.1 MHz) and Whitesville, KY (97.9 MHz). Additionally, on August 1, 2018, WKCM began simulcasting with sister station WBIO, in addition to dropping the Nash Icon syndicated format from Westwood One, and broadcasting all music and programming locally.

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WKCM previous logo

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References

  1. "WKCM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. 1 2 Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). ISBN   9781879688933 via World Radio History.