WBKW

WBKW is an alternative rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Beckley and Oak Hill in West Virginia. WBKW is owned and operated by Southern Communications.

This article is about the West Virginia radio station. For the Malaysian airport, see Tawau Airport. For other radio stations that had this call sign, see WBKW (disambiguation).
WBKW
CityBeckley, West Virginia
Broadcast areaBeckley, West Virginia
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Frequency1070 kHz
Branding"Channel 93.5, the Buzz"
Programming
FormatAlternative rock
Ownership
OwnerSouthern Communications
(Southern Communications Corporation)
Sister stationsWAXS, WCIR-FM, WMTD (AM), WMTD-FM, WTNJ, WWNR
History
First air date1967
Technical information
Facility ID61276
ClassD
Power10,000 watts (day)
7,700 watts (critical hours)
Transmitter coordinates37°45′18.0″N 81°14′12.0″W
Links
WebcastWBKW Webstream
WebsiteWBKW Online

History

First signed on in January 1967 as WCIR.

On December 25, 2017, the station flipped from Southern gospel to modern rock.[1]

Translator
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassFCC info
W228CF93.5Beckley, West Virginia250182.6 m (599 ft)DFCC
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gollark: Also, "throw money at people to try and stop them developing competitors" sounds like something which would be... obvious and visible and probably not really work.
gollark: I doubt Elon Musk would stop working on SpaceX or something if they just threw tons of money at him.
gollark: The issue is the public being IDIOTS about nuclear power.
gollark: It wouldn't cost THAT much to deploy some things.

References
  1. "WBKW/Beckley Flips To Alternative". All Access. Retrieved 2018-01-04.


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