WKNG (branded as King Country) is a daytime operation only

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and

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station that is located in

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. The station broadcasts a

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format and focuses on local programming within the West Georgia and East Alabama area. WKNG airs national and world news updates from

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, state news from the

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, and local news that comes from sister station WLBB. Local programs featured are Tradeline, a call-in show for people to buy, swap, sell, trade or give away items; Petline, for people who are selling, buying or looking for animals or to locate a lost animal or finding an animal and wanting to find its owner. Community calendar events are announced every hour along with weather updates. WKNG covers from

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with a 50,000 watt signal. The station lowers its power to 5,000-watts two hours before signing off for the day at night each month.

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