WCMI-FM

WCMI-FM
City	Catlettsburg, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Huntington, West Virginia
Branding	92.7/98.5 The Planet
Frequency	92.7 MHz
Repeater(s)	98.5 W253BB (Huntington)
First air date	1947
Format	Active Rock
ERP	2,350 watts
HAAT	162 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	21589
Transmitter coordinates	38°28′02″N 82°35′50″W / 38.46722°N 82.59722°W / 38.46722; -82.59722Coordinates: 38°28′02″N 82°35′50″W / 38.46722°N 82.59722°W / 38.46722; -82.59722
Former callsigns	WCMI (1947-70) WAMX (1970-72) WCAK (1972-85) WKQI (1986-88) WCMI (1988-95) WRVC (1995-2009)
Affiliations	CBS (1945-68) American FM Network (1968-70) American Entertainment Network (1972-81) American Contemporary Network (1981-83) West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	Fifth Avenue Broadcasting Company, Inc. (dba Kindred Communications)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	planet927.com

WCMI-FM (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Active Rock format. Licensed to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA, it serves the Huntington-Ashland radio market. The station is currently owned by Kindred Communications, Inc.

History

The FM allocation for Catlettsburg, KY at 92.7 MHz originally signed on with the call letters of WCAK in January 1972.^[1] Other call signs included the following:

WKQI, January 1, 1986
WCMI-FM, November 29, 1988
WRVC-FM, May 16, 1995 Sunny 92.7^[2]

On March 3, 2009, the station retrobranded to 92.7 The Planet WCMI-FM. The station is now 92.7 & 98.5 The Planet WCMI-FM. It is the Tri-State's home for Kentucky Wildcats Basketball. Also the Tri-State's ONLY leader for new rock!^[3] WCMI-FM was the original call sign for the Ashland, KY FM allocation at 93.7 MHz (now WDGG). That facility had also previously used WRVC-FM in addition to WAMX.^[4]

References

↑ Davidson, J.: Recollections of John Davidson(WCAK was a station located in downtown, Catlettsburg, Ky. and was started and owned by local radio personality, Hal Murphy. It was NOT affiliated with WAMX-FM, which was owned and operated by another former local radio personality, Dick Martin. There is NO inference or claim in my piece, "Recollections of John Davidson", that WCAK was the original sign on for WAMX-FM. {edit per John Davidson, 08/24/14}, History of WCMI, Ashland, KY, 2008
↑ Federal Communications Commission: Call Sign History for Facility ID: 21589, n.d.
↑ Federal Communications Commission: Call Sign History for Facility ID: 21589, n.d.
↑ WCMI-FM/WAMX/WRVC-FM/WDGG Ashland, History of WCMI, Ashland, KY, 2008

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCMI

Radio-Locator information on WCMI

Radio stations in the Huntington / Ashland, WV–KY–OH market

By AM frequency	800 930 1080 1110 1200 1230 1340 1340 1370 1420 1520 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.7 94.9 96.1 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.5 102.7 103.3 104.1 104.5 105.1 105.7 106.3 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KIH39 WAMX WASP-LP WBVB WCMI WCMI-FM WDGG WEKV WEMM-FM WGOH WHKU WIRO WKAO WKEE-FM WKLC-FM WKWS WLGC WLGC-FM WLRX WMGA WMKY WMUL WMUX WOKE WONS WOUB WOUL WNKE WQBE-FM WRVC WXBW WTCR WTCR-FM WUGO WVSR-FM WVHU WVWV WZAQ WZPS WZZW

Defunct	WPAY

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