WCMI-FM

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WCMI-FM
City of license	Catlettsburg, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Huntington, West Virginia
Branding	92.7/98.5 The Planet
Frequency	92.7 MHz
Repeaters	98.5 W253BB (Huntington)
First air date	1947
Format	Album Oriented Rock
ERP	2,350 watts
HAAT	162 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	21589
Transmitter coordinates	38°28′02″N 82°35′50″W / 38.46722°N 82.59722°W / 38.46722; -82.59722Coordinates: 38°28′02″N 82°35′50″W / 38.46722°N 82.59722°W / 38.46722; -82.59722
Former callsigns	WCMI (1947-70) WAMX (1970-72) WCAK (1972-85) WKQI (1986-88) WCMI (1988-95) WRVC (1995-2009)
Affiliations	CBS (1945-68) American FM Network (1968-70) American Entertainment Network (1972-81) American Contemporary Network (1981-83) West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	Fifth Avenue Broadcasting Company, Inc. (dba Kindred Communications)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	planet927.com

WCMI-FM (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Album Oriented Rock format. Licensed to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA, it serves the Huntington-Ashland radio market. The station is currently owned by Kindred Communications, Inc.

History

The FM allocation for Catlettsburg, KY at 92.7 MHz originally signed on with the call letters of WCAK in January 1972.^[1] Other call signs included the following:

WKQI, January 1, 1986
WCMI-FM, November 29, 1988
WRVC-FM, May 16, 1995 Sunny 92.7^[2]

On March 3, 2009, the station retrobranded to WCMI-FM.^[3] WCMI-FM was the original call sign for the Ashland, KY FM allocation at 93.7 MHz (now WDGG). That facility had also previously used WRVC-FM in addition to WAMX.^[4]

References

↑ Davidson, J.: Recollections of John Davidson, History of WCMI, Ashland, KY, 2008
↑ Federal Communications Commission: Call Sign History for Facility ID: 21589, n.d.
↑ Federal Communications Commission: Call Sign History for Facility ID: 21589, n.d.
↑ WCMI-FM/WAMX/WRVC-FM/WDGG Ashland, History of WCMI, Ashland, KY, 2008

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCMI

Radio-Locator information on WCMI

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Defunct	WPAY

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