KM Communications, Inc. is the owner of several television and radio stations throughout the

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. The company, based in

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, gets its name from the first names of its President, Myoung Hwa Bae and her husband, Kun Chae Bae. Their son, Kevin Joel Bae, is the General Manager of the company. Founded in 1988, KM Communications has grown to nine radio stations and 10 television stations, with construction permits for seven additional radio and nine additional television stations. The stations owned by KM Communications get their programming from a variety of sources, but the most common affiliation is with

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for their radio stations and

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network for their television stations.

Station list

AM radio

* KQMG 1220 kHz (

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FM radio

* KWKM-FM 95.7 MHz (

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St. Johns, Arizona Saint Johns ( nv, , )Wilson, A. ''Navajo Place Names'' Audio Forum 1995 is the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 180, mostly west of where that highway intersects with U.S. Route 191. As of t ...

* KTKB-FM 101.9 MHz ( OPM)

Hagåtña, Guam Hagåtña (; ; formerly in English: Agana , in Spanish: Agaña) is the capital village of the United States territory of Guam. From the 18th through mid-20th century, it was Guam's population center, but today it is the second smallest of the ...

* WLCN-FM 96.3 MHz (

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Atlanta, Illinois Atlanta (formerly Xenia) is a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,692 at the 2010 census. History The community was incorporated on March 26, 1853. Geography According to the 2010 census, Atlanta has a total area ...

* WDLJ-FM 97.5 MHz (

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)

Breese, Illinois Breese is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Breese is the most populous city completely within Clinton County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,641, the majority of whom are of German ancestry. Breese is part of the Met ...

* WMKB-FM 102.9 MHz (

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)

Earlville, Illinois Earlville is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,613 at the 2020 census, down from 1,701 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Earlville Post Office h ...

* KQMG-FM 95.3 MHz (Classic hits)

* KHMR 104.3 MHz (

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Lovelady, Texas Lovelady is a town in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 570 at the 2020 census. History Lovelady was founded by investors of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad as a railway line was built through a land grant of Cyrus L ...

Class A television

WOCK-CD WOCK-CD, virtual channel 13 (VHF digital channel 4), is a low-power, Class A Shop LC– affiliated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Skokie-based KM Communications. WOCK-CD's studios are l ...

channel 4 (

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s on 13.1, Korean on 13.2)

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channel 22 (

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on 22.1)

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

Low-power television

* KTKB-LD channel 26 (

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)

Tamuning, Guam Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon ( ch, Tamuneng) is a village located on the western shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village of Tamuning is the economic center of Guam, containing tourist center Tumon, Harmon Indus ...

* K34JH-D channel 34

Winnfield, Louisiana Winnfield is a small city in, and the parish seat of, Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,749 at the 2000 census, and 4,840 in 2010. Three governors of the state of Louisiana were from Winnfield.

( Construction Permit granted, not on the air) * K44HN channel 44

( Construction Permit granted, not on the air)

Former radio stations formerly owned by KM Communications

* KBKY-FM 94.1 MHz (

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Merced, California Merced (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up ...

- Now Owned by Radio Alfa y Omega, LLC.

Former television stations formerly owned by KM Communications

KPIF KPIF (channel 15) is a television station licensed to Pocatello, Idaho, United States, serving the Idaho Falls, Idaho, Idaho Falls–Pocatello media market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Grit (TV network), Grit. It is owned by ...

channel 15 (

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)

Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello () is the county seat of and largest city in Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the ...

- Now owned by Ventura Broadcasting *

KWKB KWKB (channel 20) is a religious television station licensed to Iowa City, Iowa, United States, serving the Eastern Iowa and Quad Cities television markets as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's ...

channel 20 (

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Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

- Now owned by

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* WBKM-LP channel 46 (Youtoo America) Chana, Illinois - Later owned by BKM Broadcasting; now defunct * WCRD-LP channel 44 (Youtoo America)

Carthage, Illinois Carthage is a city and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census, Carthage is best known for being the site of the 1844 death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint mov ...

- Now owned by FXM Broadcasting * WMKB-LP channel 25 (Youtoo America)

Rochelle, Illinois Rochelle is a city in Ogle County, Illinois. The population was 9,446 at the 2020 census. Rochelle is approximately west of Chicago and south of Rockford. History Originally named Hickory Grove, the town sits at the intersection of two rail ...

- Later owned by Diligent Broadcasting; now defunct *

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channel 7 (

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- Now owned by CNZ Communications, LLC * WRDH-LP channel 7 (Youtoo America) Holcomb, Illinois - Now owned by CHN Media

Defunct television stations formerly owned by KM Communications

* KEJB channel 43 (Was

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El Dorado, Arkansas El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884. El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...

KCFG KCFG (channel 9) was a television station in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. The station was owned by Skokie, Illinois–based KM Communications. KCFG's transmitter was located atop Mormon Mountain, about south of Flagstaff in the Coconino N ...

channel 9 ( silent)

Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has ...

* KNJO-LP channel 6 (Was America One)

Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook ( nv, Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city was 5,053. The city is the county seat of Navajo County. Holbrook was founded in 1881 or 1882, when the r ...

* KWKM-LP channel 10 (Was Youtoo America) Show Low, Arizona * KWSJ-LP channel 12 (Was Youtoo America)

Snowflake, Arizona Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. According to 2010 Census, the populatio ...

* KRDN-LP channel 5 (Was

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Redding, California Redding is the economic and cultural capital of the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California and the county seat of Shasta County. Redding lies along the Sacramento River, north of Sacramento, and south of California's northern border wi ...

* WPNG-LP channel 3

Pearson, Georgia Pearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Atkinson County. History Pearson was founded in 1875 as a depot on the Brunswick and Western Railroad. It wa ...

* WPDW-LP channel 26

* KHIK-LP channel 47

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is also known as Kailua (a name it shares with Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii, a community located o ...

WOCH-CD WOCH-CD, virtual channel 41 ( UHF digital channel 49), was a low-powered, Class A Charge!- affiliated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station was owned by NRJ TV, LLC. History WOCH started broadcasting o ...

channel 41 (Was Charge!)

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* WIIB-LP channel 7 (Was America One)

Farmersburg, Indiana Farmersburg is a town in Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is adjacent to the Vigo County line and is over ...

* WHFE-LP channel 18 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana * WKMF-LP channel 32 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana * WVGO-LP channel 54 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana * W44CE channel 44

Vidalia, Louisiana Vidalia is the largest city and the parish seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,299 as of the 2010 census. Vidalia is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The city of Natchez, Mississippi, lies ...

* KTXF-LP channel 5

Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis ...

* KPPY-LP channel 53

Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat, seat of government of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, metropo ...

*KCCG-LP channel 33

Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi (; Ecclesiastical Latin: "'' Body of Christ"'') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patrici ...

* KETK-LP channel 53 (Was

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Lufkin, Texas Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

''(Was controlled by ComCorp-owned

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)'' * KSVH-LP channel 23

Victoria, Texas Victoria is a small city in South Texas and county seat of Victoria County, Texas. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 censu ...

KBEO KBEO, VHF digital channel 11, was a Retro TV- affiliated television station licensed to Jackson, Wyoming, United States. The station was owned by KM Communications Inc. History KBEO signed on March 30, 2001. The station originally operated se ...

channel 11 (Was RTV)

Jackson, Wyoming Jackson is a town in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 10,760 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 9,577 in 2010. It is the largest town in Teton County and its county seat. Jackson is the principal town of ...

''(satellite of KPIF)''

Note

KM Communications should not be confused with the similarly named, Virginia-based KM Broadcasting, which is named after founders Robert Kelly and Peter Martine; that company owns WXOB-LP in

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