WXCC

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WXCC
City of license Williamson, West Virginia
Broadcast area Southern West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Eastern Kentucky
Branding Coal Country 96.5
Slogan "The Tri-State's Coal Country and More"
Frequency 96.5 MHz
First air date October 27, 1978[1]
Format Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 339 meters (1113 feet)
Class C1
Facility ID 26393
Transmitter Coordinates 37°30′48″N, 82°15′20″W
Affiliations Fox News Radio, Marshall University football and basketball networks
Owner East Kentucky Broadcasting
(East Kentucky Radio Network, Inc.)
Sister stations WBTH, WDHR, WEKB, WLSI, WPKE, WPKE-FM, WPRT, WZLK
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.wxccfm.com/

WXCC (96.5 FM, "Coal Country 96.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Williamson, West Virginia. The station is owned by East Kentucky Broadcasting and licensed to East Kentucky Radio Network, Inc. It airs a Country music format.[2] WXCC is an affiliate of Fox News Radio.

[edit] History

The first song played on WXCC, broadcasting in the heart of West Virginia's coal country, was Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons".[1] The station is one of only two 100,000 watt radio stations in West Virginia (the other being WHAJ). The station was assigned the WXCC call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b About Us. WXCC-FM website. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  2. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  3. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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