WBIO (94.7 FM, "True Country") is an American

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licensed to serve the

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Philpot, Kentucky Philpot is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United ...

. The station is owned and operated by Hancock Communications, Inc.,

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the Cromwell Radio Group. WBIO broadcasts a

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inn ...

music

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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 L ...

, area. WBIO is also the home radio station for

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers The Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers are the athletic teams that represent Kentucky Wesleyan College, located in Owensboro, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC ...

men's basketball, with Joel Utley serving as the voice of the Panthers for over 50 years. On August 1, 2018, WBIO began simulcasting with sister station

WKCM WKCM (1160 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Hawesville, Kentucky. The station is owned and operated by Hancock Communications, Inc., doing business as the Cromwell Radio Group, and the station's broadcast lice ...

& both stations rebranded as "Country Classics".

Former Logo

References

External links

Hancock Communications official website
* BIO Classic country radio stations in the United States {{Kentucky-radio-station-stub