"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a

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station chain operating 29 stations in four

Southern United States The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...

markets: the

Tri-Cities Tri-Cities most often refers to: *Tri-Cities, Tennessee, United States *Tri-Cities, Washington, United States Tri-City, Tricity or Tri-Cities may also refer to: Populated places Americas Canada *Tri-Cities (British Columbia), consisting of Co ...

area of upper-

east East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

and

southwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

(receiving its name from the twin cities of

Bristol, Virginia Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State S ...

and

Bristol, Tennessee Bristol is a city in the State of Tennessee. Located in Sullivan County, its population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. T ...

Marion, Virginia Marion is a town in, and the county seat of, Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revolut ...

Paducah, Kentucky Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Miss ...

, and

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population of 48,018 in 2021. The Charlesto ...

. In each market it operates a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

station with a rabbit mascot and the slogan "24 carrot country", a Top 40/CHR station under the title "Electric", and every

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station carries the name "Super Talk".

Stations owned by Bristol Broadcasting

Tri-Cities

* WAEZ * WEXX * WFHG-FM *

WLNQ WLNQ (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to White Pine, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain o ...

WNPC WNPC (1060 AM) is a radio station licensed to Newport, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. 1060 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which KYW and XEEP-AM are the domi ...

* WWTB * WXBQ-FM

Marion

* WHNK * WMEV-FM *

WOLD-FM WOLD-FM (102.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American radio station city of license, licensed to serve the city of license, community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasting, broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia. WOLD-F ...

WUKZ WUKZ (1010 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia, United States. The station broadcasts a Classic Hits format to Marion and Smyth County, Virginia. WUKZ is owned and operated by Lisa Nininger Bouldin ...

WZVA WZVA is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia. Owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format targeting Marion and Wytheville. History WZVA signed on September 2, 1996, By 2016, WZVA aired ...

Charleston

WEMM-FM WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving the Huntington/ Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Compa ...

* WQBE-FM * WVSR-FM * WBES * WVTS *

WYNL WYNL is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving South-Central West Virginia. WYNL is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio stat ...

WYSN WYSN (1200 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. It airs a Southern gospel music format with some Christian programming, according to the station's own web ...

Paducah / Mayfield

WDXR WDXR (1450 AM), along with FM translator W242CX at 96.3, is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station, established in 1957, is currently owned by Virginia-based Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and airs ...

WDDJ WDDJ (96.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company along with "twin stations" "Electric 94.9" in Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia, and "Electric 102.7" in Ch ...

* WKYQ * WKYX * WKYX-FM * WLLE * WNGO * WPAD * WZYK

Sevierville

* WSEV

Recent acquisitions

August 2016, Bristol acquired Marion, Virginia-based stations

, W266BM and WMEV-FM.

References

External links

Company Website
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