WCMI-FM (92.7
MHz) is an
active rock
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–
formatted radio station licensed to
Catlettsburg, Kentucky,
United States, and serving the greater
Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A h ...
–based Kindred Communications as part of a conglomerate with Huntington–licensed
ESPN Radio
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–affiliated
sports station
WRVC (930 AM),
Ashland, Kentucky–licensed ESPN Radio-affiliated sports station
WCMI (1340 AM), Ashland–licensed
country music station
WDGG (93.7 FM),
Kenova, West Virginia–licensed
adult contemporary station
WMGA (97.9 FM), and
Gallipolis, Ohio–licensed
classic country station
WXBW
WXBW (Big Buck Country 101.5) is an FM radio station located in Gallipolis, Ohio. The station has an additional booster station, WXBW-FM1 located in Huntington, West Virginia. The stations are licensed to Fifth Avenue Broadcasting Company, Inc. ...
(101.5 FM). All six stations share studios on Fifth Avenue in downtown Huntington.
In addition to its primary signal, WCMI-FM also operates a
FM translator on 98.5 FM as W253BB, licensed to Huntington.
History
WCMI-FM went on-the-air in 1972 as WCAK. The station was co–owned by Edgar Kitchen and Hal Murphy under the name K&M Broadcasting.
References
External links
Kindred Communications Website*
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CMI-FM
Radio stations established in 1972
1972 establishments in Kentucky
Catlettsburg, Kentucky
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