Radio station in Newberry, South Carolina (1968–2017)
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| Frequency | 1520 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (formerly nostalgia) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Service Radio Company, Inc. |
| History | |
| First air date | May 22, 1968 (1968-05-22) |
| Last air date | November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) (date of license cancellation) |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17766 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°15′12″N 81°35′44″W / 34.25333°N 81.59556°W / 34.25333; -81.59556 |
| Links | |
| Public license information | |
WKMG (1520 AM) was a radio station broadcasting all varieties of music from 1968 to 2011 in Newberry, South Carolina.
The station license was last owned by Cornell Blakely. Service Radio Company, Inc. owns the property.
History
The station signed on May 22, 1968, with a country music format. The license transferred from Service Radio Company, Inc. to Durst Broadcasting Company, Inc. on January 1, 1989, and from Durst to Cornell Blakely on March 20, 2001.
WKMG was deleted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 2, 2011, for failure to file for the renewal of its license, which expired a day earlier. The license was reinstated on December 15, 2011.
On October 4, 2017, the FCC informed WKMG that it believed the station had been silent for over a year and ordered the station to provide its full operational status since August 9, 2011; in attempting to inform WKMG on May 10, 2017, of unpaid debts it owed to the commission, FCC staffers discovered that license owner Cornell Blakely had died on December 2, 2013, and that WKMG's phone number had been disconnected. After the FCC's notification was returned as undeliverable, the WKMG license was cancelled on November 9, 2017.
References
- "Facility Technical Data for WKMG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "WKMG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Blakely, Cornell". Motown Junkies. December 10, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-398. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- "Application Search Details: BAL-19881011EE". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- "Application Search Details: BAL-20001208ADG". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Doyle, Peter H. (October 4, 2017). "Re: WKMG(AM), Newberry, SC" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
§312(g) letter sent on 10/4/17. Letter returned as undeliverable and license canceled on 11/9/17.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 17766 (WKMG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- "History Cards for WKMG". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- Application Search Results for facility ID 17766
- Correspondence Folder for facility ID 17766
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