WMEV-FM

WMEV-FM
City Marion, Virginia
Broadcast area Southwest Virginia
Branding "FM94 Super Country"
Slogan "Today's Best & Most Country"
Frequency 93.9 MHz
First air date 1961
Format Country
Power 100,000 Watts Horizontal
95,140 Watts Vertical
HAAT 452 Meters
Class C
Facility ID 63711
Transmitter coordinates 36°54′4.0″N 81°32′35.0″W / 36.901111°N 81.543056°W / 36.901111; -81.543056
Callsign meaning Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia
Owner Glenwood Communications Corporation
(Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations WKPT, WKTP, WOPI, WRZK, WTFM, WUKZ, WVEK-FM
Webcast WMEV-FM Webstream
Website WMEV-FM Online

WMEV-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia. WMEV-FM is owned and operated by Glenwood Communications Corporation, through subsidiary Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

Signal

WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, covers parts of Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

History

WMEV-FM signed on June 21, 1961. Bob and Stella Wolfenden started WMEV-AM and WMEV-FM, selling them in 1982 to Marion natives Hugh and Barbara Gwyn, who increased the FM's signal strength. In 1998, Holston Valley Broadcasting bought the stations.[2]

References

  1. "WMEV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "History". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
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