"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a

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station chain operating 29 stations in four

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markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-

east East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

and

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

(receiving its name from the twin cities of

Bristol, Virginia Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State S ...

and

Bristol, Tennessee Bristol is a city in the State of Tennessee. Located in Sullivan County, its population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The ...

Marion, Virginia Marion is a town in, and the county seat of, Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revoluti ...

Paducah, Kentucky Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...

, and

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and List of cities in West Virginia, most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 20 ...

. In each market it operates a

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station with a rabbit mascot and the slogan "24 carrot country", a Top 40/CHR station under the title "Electric", and every

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station carries the name "Super Talk".

Stations owned by Bristol Broadcasting

Tri-Cities

WAEZ WAEZ (94.9 FM) is a United States Mainstream Top 40 radio station serving the Tri-Cities TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 100,000 watts. It is licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee. The station started out as a Top 40 station un ...

WEXX WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the Tri-Cities, TN area and is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Known as "99.3 The X," it is an alternative rock music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative." History In the late '80s and into t ...

WFHG-FM WFHG-FM is a Talk radio, talk formatted Broadcasting, broadcast radio station licensed to Bluff City, Tennessee and serving the Tri-Cities, Tennessee, Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia. WFHG is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting ...

WLNQ WLNQ (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives f ...

WNPC WNPC (1060 AM) is a radio station licensed to Newport, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. 1060 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which KYW and XEEP-AM are the domi ...

WWTB WWTB is a Rhythmic contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WWTB is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain ope ...

WXBQ-FM WXBQ-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. History WOPI-FM, sister to 1490 WOPI, signed on Christmas Day ...

Marion

* WHNK *

WMEV-FM WMEV-FM is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia. WMEV-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Signal WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radia ...

WOLD-FM WOLD-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia. WOLD-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. ...

WUKZ WUKZ (1010 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia, United States. The station broadcasts a Classic Hits format to Marion and Smyth County, Virginia. WUKZ is owned and operated by Lisa Nininger Bouldi ...

WZVA WZVA is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia. Owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format targeting Marion and Wytheville. History WZVA signed on September 2, 1996, By 2016, WZVA aire ...

Charleston

WEMM-FM WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving the Huntington/ Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Com ...

WQBE-FM WQBE-FM (97.5 MHz) is one of two Charleston, West Virginia Country FM radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of Bristol, Virginia, with a "twin" radio station WXBQ-FM in that area. WQBE also has another "twin" station WKY ...

WVSR-FM WVSR-FM (102.7 MHz) is a contemporary hit radio station serving the Charleston, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 50,000 watts. The station started out as a Top 40 station until 2004, when the station went with a Hot A ...

WBES WBES (950 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving South-Central West Virginia. WBES is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company. References External links * * 1957 est ...

WVTS WVTS is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Nitro in West Virginia. WVTS is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio statio ...

WYNL WYNL is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving South-Central West Virginia. WYNL is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio sta ...

WYSN WYSN (1200 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. It airs a Southern gospel music format with some Christian programming, according to the station's own w ...

Paducah / Mayfield

WDXR WDXR (1450 AM), along with FM translator W242CX at 96.3, is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station, established in 1957, is currently owned by Virginia-based Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and airs a ...

WDDJ WDDJ (96.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company along with "twin stations" "Electric 94.9" in Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia, and "Electric 102.7" in C ...

WKYQ WKYQ (93.3 FM) is a country music formatted radio station based in Paducah, Kentucky. WKYQ broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts and antenna 279 meters height above average terrain Height above average terrain (HAAT), o ...

WKYX WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, and WKYX-FM is licensed to serve Golconda, Ill ...

WKYX-FM WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, and WKYX-FM is licensed to serve Golconda, Ill ...

WLLE WLLE (102.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Mayfield, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Paducah area. The station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. History The sta ...

WNGO WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, and WKYX-FM is licensed to serve Golconda, Ill ...

WPAD WPAD (1560 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by the Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. WPAD is the fifth oldest radio broadcasting station in Kentucky, foun ...

WZYK WZYK (94.7 FM) is a radio station with an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Clinton, Kentucky Clinton is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,388 at the 2010 census ...

Sevierville

* WSEV

Recent acquisitions

August 2016, Bristol acquired Marion, Virginia-based stations

, W266BM and

References

External links

Company Website
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