WMEV-FM | |
City: | Marion, Virginia |
Area: | Southwest Virginia |
Branding: | 93.9 WMEV |
Frequency: | 93.9 MHz |
Airdate: | 1961 |
Format: | Country |
Erp: | 100,000 Watts Horizontal 95,140 Watts Vertical |
Haat: | 452 meters |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 63711 |
Coordinates: | 36.9011°N -81.5431°W |
Callsign Meaning: | Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia |
Owner: | Bristol Broadcasting Company |
Licensee: | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
Sister Stations: | WHNK, WUKZ, WZVA |
Webcast: | WMEV-FM Webstream |
Website: | WMEV-FM Online |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
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.
WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, covers parts of Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
WMEV-FM signed on June 21, 1961. Bob and Stella Wolfenden started WMEV and WMEV-FM, selling them in 1982 to Marion natives Hugh and Barbara Gwyn, who increased the FM's signal strength. In 1998, Holston Valley Broadcasting bought the stations.[1]
Effective January 1, 2017, Glenwood Communications sold WMEV-FM, sister station WUKZ, and translator W266BM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $1.75 million.