WMEV-FM

WMEV-FM
City Marion, Virginia
Broadcast area Southwest Virginia
Branding 93.9 WMEV
Slogan Your Hometown Country Station
Frequency 93.9 MHz
First air date 1961
Format Country
Power 100,000 Watts Horizontal
95,140 Watts Vertical
HAAT 452 meters
Class C
Facility ID 63711
Transmitter coordinates 36°54′4.0″N 81°32′35.0″W / 36.901111°N 81.543056°W / 36.901111; -81.543056
Callsign meaning Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company
(Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stations WSNQ, WUKZ, WZVA
Webcast WMEV-FM Webstream
Website WMEV-FM Online

WMEV-FM is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia. WMEV-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.

Signal

WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, covers parts of Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

History

WMEV-FM signed on June 21, 1961. Bob and Stella Wolfenden started WMEV and WMEV-FM, selling them in 1982 to Marion natives Hugh and Barbara Gwyn, who increased the FM's signal strength. In 1998, Holston Valley Broadcasting bought the stations.[1]

Effective January 1, 2017, Glenwood Communications sold WMEV-FM, sister station WUKZ, and translator W266BM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $1.75 million.

References

  1. "History". Retrieved June 1, 2017.


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