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

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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 * KTKB-FM 101.9 MHz ( OPM)

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* WLCN-FM 96.3 MHz (

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* WDLJ-FM 97.5 MHz (

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) Breese, Illinois * WMKB-FM 102.9 MHz ( Regional Mexican) Earlville, Illinois * KQMG-FM 95.3 MHz (Classic hits)

* KHMR 104.3 MHz (

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Class A television

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channel 4 ( Infomercials on 13.1, Korean on 13.2)

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channel 22 ( Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation on 22.1)

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Low-power television

* KTKB-LD channel 26 (

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* K34JH-D channel 34

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( 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 ( Spanish Religious)

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- Now Owned by Radio Alfa y Omega, LLC.

Former television stations formerly owned by KM Communications

* KPIF channel 15 (

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) Pocatello, Idaho - Now owned by Ventura Broadcasting * KWKB channel 20 (

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- 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)

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- Now owned by FXM Broadcasting * WMKB-LP channel 25 (Youtoo America) Rochelle, Illinois - Later owned by Diligent Broadcasting; now defunct * WMKE-CD 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 * KCFG channel 9 ( silent) Flagstaff, Arizona * KNJO-LP channel 6 (Was America One)

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

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* KRDN-LP channel 5 (Was

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) Redding, California * WPNG-LP channel 3 Pearson, Georgia * WPDW-LP channel 26 Pearson, Georgia * KHIK-LP channel 47 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii * WOCH-CD channel 41 (Was Charge!)

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* WIIB-LP channel 7 (Was America One) Farmersburg, Indiana * 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 * KTXF-LP channel 5 Abilene, Texas * KPPY-LP channel 53 Beaumont, Texas *KCCG-LP channel 33 Corpus Christi, Texas * KETK-LP channel 53 (Was

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''(Was controlled by ComCorp-owned

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* KBEO channel 11 (Was RTV)

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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 Richmond. Television broadcasting companies of the United States Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Skokie, Illinois