WKKW

Infobox Radio station
name = WKKW-FM


city = Fairmont, West Virginia
area = North-Central West Virginia
branding = "97-9 WKKW"
slogan = "Good Times, Great Country"
airdate = 1975
frequency = 97.9 MHz
format = Country
power = 29,000 Watts
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning = W KicKing country W [http://members.aol.com/jeff570/wvcalls.html]
former_callsigns =
owner = AJG Broadcasting Co.
West Virginia Radio Corporation
sister_stations = WAJR-AM, WAJR-FM, WBRB, WBUC, WDNE-AM, WDNE-FM, WFBY, WFGM, WVAQ, WWLW
webcast = [http://webclust1.liquidcompass.cc/sos4stnrd/audio_player.php?id=WKKW WKKW Webstream]
website = [http://www.wkkwfm.com WKKW Online]
affiliations = After Midnite with Blair Garner, Lia Knight

WKKW is the Arbitron ratings leader of several Country Music radio stations serving the North-Central West Virginia radio market of Morgantown, Fairmont and Clarksburg. The station broadcasts with and ERP of 29,000 watts reaching as far north as Washington, Pennsylvania, as far south as Flatwoods, West Virginia, and as far east as the Allegany County, Maryland line.

WKKW has been on the 97.9 frequency since 1996 when the West Virginia Radio Corporation bought the Dailey Corp / Fantasia Broadcasting's [http://jeff560.tripod.com/1995wv.html] Top 40 station WFGM "The Great 98". Up until that time WKKW was located on 106.5 broadcasting from Clarksburg. Magic 106.5 now occupies that frequency.

Current DJs are Big John, Tracy Stevens, Dallas Reese, Steve Rogers, and Cecilia. WKKW syndicates the Lia show in the nighttime and Blair Garner after midnight.

The WKKW studios are in offices of the WV Radio Corp. located in the Greer building in Sabraton, WV.

External links

* [http://www.wkkwfm.com/ 97-9 WKKW Online]
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