WUKZ (1010 AM) is a

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licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia, United States. The station broadcasts a

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format to

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and

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. WUKZ is owned and operated by Lisa Nininger Bouldin, through licensee Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.

History

The station was known as WMEV from its initial sign-on date of December 12, 1948, under the ownership of Mountain Empire Broadcasting Corporation, through the late 1982 sale to Summit Broadcasting, Inc., and the mid-1998 acquisition by Glenwood Communications Corporation. The

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stood for Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia. On November 20, 2010, the station dropped its longtime WMEV call sign to become WUKZ. Concurrent with this change, the station dropped its

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format and rebranded itself as "Christmas 101.1" with an all-

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format. On January 1, 2011, WUKZ dropped Christmas music for

and picked up the branding "KZ-101.1FM". Effective January 1, 2017, Glenwood Communications sold WUKZ, sister station

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, and translator W266BM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $1.75 million.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WUKZ is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.

References

External links

KZ 101.1 Facebook
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