WKCM
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| Broadcast area | Owensboro, Kentucky |
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| Frequency | 1160 kHz |
| Branding | Country Classics |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBIO, WLME, WTCJ, WCJZ, WVJS, WXCM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 7, 1972 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25966 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 2,500 watts day 55 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°54′20″N 86°45′30″W / 37.90556°N 86.75833°W |
| Translator(s) | 92.1 W221EG (Hawesville) 97.9 W250BW (Whitesville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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.[2]
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.[3]
The station's transmission tower collapsed during a windstorm in January 1976; it returned to the air the next day with a makeshift antenna.[3]
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.
Former Logo
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKCM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WKCM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 25966 (WKCM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKCM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202058 (W221EG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W221EG at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 139308 (W250BW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W250BW at FCCdata.org
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