WKMZ-FM

WKMZ-FM
City Martinsburg, West Virginia
Branding 97.5 WKMZ
Slogan The Hit Music Channel
Frequency 97.5 MHz
First air date 1949
Format Contemporary hit radio
ERP 11,500 watts
HAAT 316 meters (1,037 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 53486
Transmitter coordinates 39°27′33.0″N 78°3′48.0″W / 39.459167°N 78.063333°W / 39.459167; -78.063333
Former callsigns WEPM-FM (1949–1973)[1]
WESM (1973–1981)
WKMZ (1981–2001)
WLTF (2001–2017)
Former frequencies 94.3 MHz (1949–1962)[2]
Affiliations CBS Radio News
West Virginia MetroNews
Owner West Virginia Radio Corporation
(West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations WEPM, WICL
Website 975wkmz.com

WKMZ-FM is a radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Owned by the West Virginia Radio Corporation, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format.

Its signal covers the "four state" region, east into Washington, DC, south to Luray, Virginia, west into Grantsville, Maryland, and north into Altoona, Pennsylvania, although the station primarily targets Martinsburg.

History

On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of the then-WLTF to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[3] Included in the same were sister stations WEPM and WICL.[3] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a Local marketing agreement, on November 1.[3] The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.

On November 24, 2017, the station flipped to a CHR format and changed its call sign to WKMZ-FM. The station was unable to reclaim its legacy WKMZ callsign due to the existence of WKMZ-LP in Ruckersville, Virginia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Call letter actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 10, 1973. p. 58.
  2. ↑ "Actions of April 20" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 30, 1962. p. 84.
  3. 1 2 3 Venta, Lance (October 30, 2014). "West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "WKMZ Returns To Hagerstown With CHR". Radio Insight. Retrieved 2017-11-24.


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