Withers Broadcasting Companies is a radio broadcasting company based in southern

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. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the

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, mainly in

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and Southeast

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."Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away"
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Radio stations

Illinois

Centralia

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WRXX WRXX (95.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Centralia, Illinois, United States. The station airs a hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft roc ...

95.3

Harrisburg

* WEBQ 1240 *

WEBQ-FM WEBQ-FM (102.3 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station licensed to Eldorado, Illinois, United States. The station airs a soft adult contemporary format, and is owned by Dana Withers' Withers Broadcasting, through licensee WEBQ, LLC. On January 1, 2023, W ...

102.3

Marion

* WFRX 1300/95.5 * WDDD-FM 107.3 * WHET 97.7 * WVZA 92.7 * WTAO-FM 105.1 * WISH-FM 98.9

Metropolis

* WMOK 920

Nashville

* WNSV 104.7

Mount Vernon

* WDML 106.9 * WMIX 940 *

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94.1

Kentucky

Paducah

* WGKY 95.9 * WREZ 105.5 * WZZL 106.7

Missouri

Cape Girardeau

KAPE KAPE (1550 AM, "KAPE Radio") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license is held by Withers Broadcasting Company of Missouri, LL ...

1550 *

KGMO KGMO (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and reaching portions of southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, western Kentucky, and the northern portion of West Tennessee ...

100.7 * KREZ 104.7 * KYRX 97.3 *

WKIB WKIB (96.5 FM, "Mix 96.5") is a Top 40 music formatted radio station licensed to Anna, Illinois, and serving the Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Gira ...

96.5

Jackson

KJXX KJXX (1170 AM) is a radio station licensed to Jackson, Missouri. The station broadcasts a rhythmic hot AC format. The station is owned by Dana Withers' Withers Broadcasting, with the broadcast license being held by Withers Broadcasting Company o ...

1170

Sikeston

KRHW KRHW is a radio station broadcasting a classic country radio format. Licensed to Sikeston, Missouri, the station serves the Missouri Bootheel region of Southeast Missouri, and operates on 1520 kHz in the AM radio band. KRHW is owned by Wither ...

1520 * KBHI 107.1 *

KBXB KBXB (97.9 FM, "Freedom 97.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Sikeston, Missouri. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and licensed to Withers Broadcasting Company of Southeast Missouri, LLC. It airs a classic country music format. ...

97.9

Former television stations

Stations arranged alphabetically by

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. Notes: *¹ Owned by John Harvey Rees, Withers operated KJWA/KFQX through a

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from 1994 until Withers sold operating station KREX-TV to

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in 2003. *² KREZ-TV was operated as a satellite of KREX, until the station was sold to

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in 1995, becoming a satellite of

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station

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. *³ Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc., Withers operated KVCT through a local marketing agreement from 1995 until Withers sold operating station KAVU-TV to Saga Communications in 1999. *⁴ WVFX operated on analog channel 46, until the

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completed in 2009, when it decided to use its digital allotment ( VHF channel 10) as its

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References

External links

Official Website
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