WKEE-FM (100.5
MHz
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) is a
contemporary hit radio
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Huntington, West Virginia
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, serving Huntington, West Virginia,
Ashland, Kentucky
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, and
Ironton, Ohio
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. WKEE-FM is owned and operated by
iHeartMedia
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. WKEE-FM is the heritage CHR/Top 40 station in the Huntington area, having programmed hit music as a standalone FM for over 30 years (although its Top 40 heritage goes back to the early 1960s, when the station was a simulcast of
WKEE 800 AM).
History
WKEE was once known as WHTN-FM, beginning in 1947.
It was the original FM sister station of AM 800 (now
WVHU), which was originally WHTN and became WKEE around 1960, becoming the Huntington area's
Top 40
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music station. The AM and FM stations largely simulcast each other throughout the sixties and seventies. In about 1980, the AM station reverted to its original calls of WHTN and switched to
country music
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, while the Top 40 format continued on WKEE-FM. WKEE-FM flipped to the best mix of the 70's 80's 90's and Today on 100-kee-fm on June 17th, 2025 where it continues this day.
References
External links
100.5 KEE-FM Online*
KEE-FM
Radio stations established in 1947
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
1947 establishments in West Virginia
IHeartMedia radio stations
Mass media in Huntington, West Virginia
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