WKCM (1160
AM) is an American
radio station
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licensed to serve the
community
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of
Hawesville, Kentucky
Hawesville is a home rule-class city on the south bank of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 945 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Owensboro metropolitan are ...
. The station is owned and operated by Hancock Communications, Inc.,
doing business as the
Cromwell Radio Group, and the station's
broadcast license is held by Hancock Communications, Inc.
WKCM broadcasts a
Classic country
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Repertoire
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music format to the greater
Owensboro, Kentucky
Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about southwest of Lou ...
, area.
History
The station signed on the air on November 7, 1972, the day of
that year's election. For its first ten years on the air, it broadcast at
AM 1140
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1140 kHz: 1140 AM is a Mexican and United States clear-channel frequency. XEMR Monterrey, Mexico, and WRVA Richmond, Virginia, share Class A status of 1140 AM.
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on the dial. It reallocated to its present-day frequency of 1160 kilohertz in 1982.
The station's transmission tower collapsed during a windstorm in January 1976; it returned to the air the next day with a makeshift antenna.
In the 2010s, WKCM also broadcasts on three
FM translators: Hawesville, KY (92.1 MHz) and Whitesville, KY (97.9 MHz). Additionally, on August 1, 2018, WKCM began simulcasting with sister station
WBIO, in addition to dropping the
Nash Icon syndicated format from
Westwood One, and broadcasting all music and programming locally.
Former Logo
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Country radio stations in the United States
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