"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a

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station chain operating 29 stations in four

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markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-

east East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that ea ...

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

and

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

(receiving its name from the twin cities of

Bristol, Virginia Bristol is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,219. It is the Twin cities (geographical proxi ...

, and

Bristol, Tennessee Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 27,147 at the 2020 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundary be ...

Marion, Virginia Marion is a town in and the county seat of Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the southern Appalachian Mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revolu ...

;

Paducah, Kentucky Paducah ( ) is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in the Upland South, and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The most populous city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern Unit ...

; and

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County and ...

. In each market it operates a

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station with a rabbit mascot and the slogan "24 carrot country", a Top 40/CHR station under the title "Electric" or "Hot, and every

News/Talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues, dialogues between the hosts, interviews ...

station carries the name "Super Talk".

Stations owned by Bristol Broadcasting

Tri-Cities

WAEZ WAEZ (94.9 FM) is a United States Mainstream Top 40 radio station serving the Tri-Cities TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 100,000 watts. It is licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee. The station started out as a Top 40 station u ...

WEXX WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee area and is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Known as "99.3 The X", it is an alternative rock music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative". History In the late '80s and ...

WFHG-FM WFHG-FM is a talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluff City, Tennessee and serving the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeaste ...

WLNQ WLNQ (104.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to White Pine, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. Serving Hamblen and surrounding count ...

WNPC WNPC (1060 AM) is a radio station licensed to Newport, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. 1060 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which KYW and XEEP-AM are the dom ...

WWTB WWTB is a Rhythmic contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia Bristol is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 Un ...

WXBQ-FM WXBQ-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. History WOPI-FM, sister to 1490 WOPI, signed on Christmas Day 1 ...

Marion

* WHNK *

WMEV-FM WMEV-FM is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia. WMEV-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Signal WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radi ...

WOLD-FM WOLD-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia. WOLD-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. ...

WUKZ WUKZ (1010 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia, United States. The station broadcasts a classic hits format to Marion and Smyth County, Virginia. WUKZ is owned and operated by Lisa Nininger Bould ...

WZVA WZVA is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia. Owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format targeting Marion and Wytheville. History WZVA signed on September 2, 1996, By 2016, WZVA aire ...

Charleston

* WEMM-FM *

WQBE-FM WQBE-FM (97.5 MHz) is one of three Charleston, West Virginia Country FM radio stations. WQBE is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company of Bristol, Virginia, with a "twin" radio station WXBQ-FM in that area. WQBE also has another "twin" station ...

WVSR-FM WVSR-FM (102.7 MHz) is a contemporary hit radio station serving the Charleston, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 50,000 watts. The station started out as a Top 40 station until 2004, when the station went with a Hot ...

WBES WBES (950 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia Charleston () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populous city of the U. ...

WVTS WVTS is a news/ talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Nitro in West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlan ...

WYNL WYNL is a Christian adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terr ...

* WNRJ

Paducah / Mayfield

* WBMP * WDXR * WDDJ * WKYQ * WKYX-FM * WLLE * WNGO * WPAD *

WZYK WZYK (94.7 FM) is an adult contemporary– formatted radio station licensed to Clinton, Kentucky, United States, and serving Paducah, as well as the greater Purchase area of Western Kentucky. The station is currently owned by the Bristol Broad ...

Sevierville

* WSEV

Recent acquisitions

August 2016, Bristol acquired Marion, Virginia-based stations

, W266BM and

References

External links

Company Website
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