WOVK (98.7
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country
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format. Licensed to
Wheeling, West Virginia
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, United States, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is owned by
iHeartMedia, Inc.
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WOVK is one of the Local Primary 1 Emergency Alert System stations in the Wheeling area.
History
The 98.7 MHz frequency in Wheeling was originally assigned to WWVA-FM, which began broadcasting September 1, 1947. It was licensed to West Virginia Broadcasting Corporation.
As of 2022, local programming on the station consists of a daily live afternoon program hosted by cluster Program Director Corey Klug, as well as weekly broadcasts of
OVAC high school football, which feature Klug as play-by-play announcer and Brad Mitchell as color commentator. Additionally, the station airs ''
The Bobby Bones Show
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'', ''After MidNite with
Granger Smith
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'', ''Country Top 30 with
Bobby Bones
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'', and ''
The Crook & Chase Countdown'' from
Premiere Networks
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, and utilizes the
Premium Choice
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“Country Favorites” network during all other hours, which is hosted out of
Baltimore
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,
Milwaukee
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,
Colorado Springs
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,
,
Nashville
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, and
St. Louis
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.
In the their 1990’s and 2000’s heyday, the station boasted an impressive lineup of local on-air talent and programming. Former disc jockeys include Steve Crow, Otis, Ken “Big K” Andrews, “Coffee Boy” Chad Tyson, Jamie Lynn, Skip Kelly, Rich Biela, Traci Fulton, Don Anthony, Scott Fisher, David Demarest, Kari Brooks, Charlie Mitchell, and longtime Program Director & Music Director Jimmy Elliott. The station’s former flagship morning program, ''Morning Madness'', was consistently the #1-ranked morning program in the Ohio Valley from 1993 until its cancellation in November 2020.
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IHeartMedia radio stations
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