WKMG (AM)

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WKMG
CityNewberry, South Carolina
Frequency1520 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly Nostalgia)
Ownership
OwnerService Radio Company, Inc.
(License Expired 2017)
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
Facility ID17766
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
34°15′12″N 81°35′44″W / 34.25333°N 81.59556°W / 34.25333; -81.59556 (WKMG)

WKMG (AM 1520) was a radio station broadcasting all varieties of music from 1968 to 2011 in Newberry, SC.

The station license was last owned by Cornell Blakely.[1] [2]Service Radio Company, Inc. owns the property.

The station signed on May 22, 1968 with a country music format.[3] The license transferred from Service Radio Company, Inc. to Durst Broadcasting Company, Inc. on January 1, 1989,[4] and from Durst to Cornell Blakely[2] on March 20, 2001.[5]

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.[citation needed]

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 owner Cornell Blakely[2] had died on December 2, 2013, and that WKMG's phone number had been disconnected.[6] After the FCC's notification was returned as undeliverable, the WKMG license was cancelled on November 9, 2017.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "WKMG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Blakely, Cornell". Motown Junkies. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  3. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-398. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details: BAL-19881011EE". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details: BAL-20001208ADG". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  6. ^ Doyle, Peter H. (October 4, 2017). "Re: WKMG(AM), Newberry, SC" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  7. ^ "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.

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