WKMX

WKMX

Infobox Radio station
name = WKMX


city = Enterprise, Alabama
area = Dothan, Alabama
branding = "106.7 KMX"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 106.7 MHz
format = Top 40 (CHR)
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 326.0 meters (1070 feet)
class = C
facility_id = 73179
coordinates = coord|31|24|41.00|N| 85|57|32.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Magic Broadcasting
licensee = Magic Broadcasting Alabama Licensing LLC
sister_stations = WJRL-FM, WTVY-FM, WBBK, WLDA
webcast = [http://webclust1.liquidcompass.cc/sos4stnrd/asx/WKMX.asx Listen Live]
website = http://www.wkmx.com/
affiliations = Premiere Radio Networks

WKMX (106.7 FM, "106.7 KMX") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. [cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKMX |title=WKMX Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division] Licensed to Enterprise, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Dothan, Alabama metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Magic Broadcasting and features programming from Premiere Radio Networks. [cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com |title=Station Information Profile]

Ownership

In June 2004, Styles Media Group LLC (Thomas A. DiBacco, managing member) reached an agreement to purchase WKMX from WKMX Inc. (Wallace Miller, president) for a reported sale price of $4.5 million. [cite news |date=2004-07-12 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA435236.html?q=WKMX |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 7/12/2004] The deal gained FCC approval on 2004-08-04 and was consummated on 2004-09-03. [cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20040615ACJ) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=998205 |date=2004-09-03]

Controversy

The station drew national attention in May 2001 when WKMX, Inc., filed a federal lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company alleging that the soda giant stole the station's name and colors for its KMX energy drink. [cite news |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |title=Daily Briefing |date=2001-05-11 |page=C2 |quote=WKMX Inc., an FM radio station, filed a lawsuit, alleging that Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. and its biggest bottler stole the station's name and colors for its KMX energy drink. In a federal suit filed in Dothan, WKMX said it's the top station for young adult listeners in its market and has used those call letters since 1974.]

Former station logos

External links

* [http://www.wkmx.com/ WKMX official website]
* [http://magicbroadcasting.net/ Magic Broadcasting LLC official website]
*FMQ|WKMX
*FML|WKMX
*FMARB|WKMX

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