WKMM

WKMM

City of license	Kingwood, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Kingwood, West Virginia Preston County, West Virginia
Branding	"96-7 K-Country"
Slogan	"The Best of the New and Gold"'
Frequency	96.7 FM MHz
First air date	1987
Format	Country
Power	300 Watts
HAAT	243 meters (797 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	7725
Transmitter coordinates	39°27′29.0″N 79°35′18.0″W / 39.458056°N 79.588333°W / 39.458056; -79.588333
Affiliations	AccuWeather Radio Fox News Radio Mainstream Country (Westwood One) Motor Racing Network Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG Performance Racing Network Yahoo! Sports Radio
Owner	Neil P. Waldeck (MarPat Corporation)
Webcast	WKMM Webstream
Website	WKMM Online

WKMM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Kingwood, West Virginia, serving Kingwood and Preston County, West Virginia.^[1] WKMM is owned and operated by Neil P. Waldeck.^[2]

History

Studios of WKMM, located at 106 East Main Street in Kingwood.

Founded by Sandy Sue Garlitz, WKMM launched on December 2, 1987, and has always had a country format. It was the first FM band station in Preston County.

WKMM had previously went by the branding "96-7 KMM" until 2005, when it began using the "K-Country" moniker. Also in 2005, WKMM began using "StormTracker 12" weather reports over the air from local NBC affiliate, WBOY-TV in nearby Clarksburg.

In December 2009, WKMM became Preston County, West Virginia's first radio station to broadcast live online.

In late 2010, WKMM dropped weather reports from WBOY and began using AccuWeather radio reports, branded as "SkySource Weather".

Ownership/Technical

WKMM is owned by Reedsville businessman Neil P. Waldeck. From 1992 until 2005, WKMM was owned by Kingwood businessman P.J. Crogan. Studios are located on Main Street in Kingwood with their transmitter along West Virginia Route 7 near Terra Alta, West Virginia.

References

↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
↑ "WKMM Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

External links

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96-7 K-Country Online

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Radio stations in the Kingwood, West Virginia–Oakland, Maryland market

By FM frequency	90.3 92.3 96.3 96.7 104.5 107.7

By AM frequency	1050 1560

By callsign	W242AD WAIJ WFSP WFSP-FM WKHJ WKMM WMSG WWHQ

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in West Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland

Country radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations	WAMN – Green Valley WBRB – Buckhannon WBYG – Point Pleasant WCEF – Ripley WCST – Berkeley Springs WDBS – Sutton WDNE-FM – Elkins WELC – Welch WELD-FM – Moorefield WGGE – Parkersburg WGIE – Clarksburg WGYE – Mannington WHAW – Weston WHJC – Matewan WHNK – Parkersburg WHQX – Gary WJLS-FM – Beckley WKEZ – Bluefield WKKW – Fairmont WKMM – Kingwood WKWS – Charleston WOVK – Wheeling WPDX – Clarksburg WPDX-FM – Clarksburg WQBE-FM – Charleston WRON-FM – Lewisburg WTCR – Kenova WTCR-FM – Huntington WTNJ – Mount Hope WVMD – Romney WVRC-FM – Spencer WVSB – Romney WXCC – Williamson WYKM – Rupert WYMJ – New Martinsville WZAC-FM – Danville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia

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WKMM

History

Ownership/Technical

See also

References

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