WMIK-FM

WMIK-FM
City	Middlesboro, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Cumberland Gap
Slogan	Where Messiah is King
Frequency	92.7 MHz
First air date	1971
Format	Religious Broadcasting
ERP	350 watts
HAAT	410 meters (1,350 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	14731
Affiliations	Salem Broadcasting
Owner	Gateway Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WMIK AM

WMIK-FM is a radio station in Middlesboro, Kentucky along with its flagship station, WMIK-AM. At 92.7 MHz it broadcasts 24 hours a day.

Originally owned by the Cumberland Gap Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, the station went on the air in 1971 only after years of trying to procure a license. In the early years the station played easy listening, and elevator music. The oldies format began in 1974 and the Oldies Channel continued until the station was sold 1992. The station was at one time affiliated with the United Press International Radio Network (UPI) and later the National Broadcasting Company Radio Network (NBC).

The Binghamtown Baptist Church through Gateway Broadcasting Corporation purchased WMIK-AM and WMIK-FM in October 1992. Both stations continue to serve the Cumberland Gap region twenty four hours a day with a variety of conservative religious programming, a mixture of local and nationally known ministers, Southern Gospel music, and local programming. WMIK-FM's news source is the Salem Radio Network (SRN).

WMIK-FM was granted a construction permit for a power increase in March 2011 by the Federal Communications Commission and has increased power to 350 watts ERP with antenna 410 meters height above average terrain. The change now equates WMIK-FM to a Class A, 6000 watt facility. The stations transmitter site is atop White Oak Spur, the highest point in Bell County Kentucky. WMIK-FM is located in the landmark 1948 studios on North 19th Street in Middlesboro.

External links

WMIK Radio website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMIK

Radio-Locator information on WMIK

Religious radio stations in the state of Kentucky
Stations	WAPD – Campbellsville WAXG – Mount Sterling WAYK – Valley Station WBCE – Wickliffe WBFC – Stanton WBMK – Morehead WCBR – Richmond WDFB – Junction City WFIA – Louisville WHMR – Ledbetter WIMM-LP – Owensboro WIMV – Owingsville WITB-LP – Benton WJMM-FM – Keene WJSO – Pikeville WKCB – Hindman WLCR – Mount Washington WLCU – Campbellsville WLJC – Beattyville WMIK – Middlesboro WMIK-FM – Middlesboro WMJR – Nicholasville WMTC-FM – Vancleve WNKJ – Hopkinsville WNLW-LP – Williamsburg WNOP – Newport WPJI-LP – Hopkinsville WSGP – Glasgow WSOF – Madisonville WSPP-LP – Hopkinsville WTHL – Somerset WTRT – Benton WVHM – Benton WYAH-LP – Winchester WYGE – London WYGH – Paris
Defunct	WBLG-LP – Bowling Green WMTC – Vancleve WWLK – Eddyville
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 36°35′38″N 83°47′42″W / 36.594°N 83.795°W / 36.594; -83.795

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