Bristol Broadcasting Company

"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee), Marion, Virginia; Paducah, Kentucky; and Charleston, West Virginia.[1]

In each market it operates a country music 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 station carries the name "Super Talk".

Stations owned by Bristol Broadcasting

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Tri-Cities

  • WAEZ
  • WEXX
  • WFHG-FM
  • WLNQ
  • WNPC
  • WWTB
  • WXBQ-FM

Marion

  • WHNK
  • WMEV-FM
  • WOLD-FM
  • WUKZ
  • WZVA

Charleston

  • WEMM-FM
  • WQBE-FM
  • WVSR-FM
  • WBES
  • WVTS
  • WYNL
  • WNRJ

Paducah / Mayfield

  • WBMP
  • WDXR
  • WDDJ
  • WKYQ
  • WKYX-FM
  • WLLE
  • WNGO
  • WPAD
  • WZYK

Sevierville

  • WSEV

Recent acquisitions

August 2016, Bristol acquired Marion, Virginia-based stations WUKZ, W266BM and WMEV-FM.

References

  1. Bristol Broadcasting Company www.bristolbroadcasting.com, retrieved 2020-03-29^