WKVG (AM)

{{short description|Radio station in Jenkins, Kentucky}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKVG

| logo = WKVG-AM 2014.PNG

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Jenkins, Kentucky

| area = {{ubl|Eastern Kentucky|Southwest Virginia}}

| branding =

| translator = {{Radio Relay|103.5|W278BK|Jenkins}}

| airdate = {{start date|1970}}

| last_airdate = {{end date|2023|3|3}}

| frequency = {{Frequency|1000 AM|kHz}}

| format = Defunct (formerly southern gospel)

| power = 1,000 watts daytime only

| class = D

| facility_id = 40502

| coordinates = {{coord|37|09|59.0|N|82|37|13.0|W|type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = "Kentucky Virginia Gospel"

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WREM (1970–1981)|WIFX (1981–1990)}}

| owner = Martins & Associates Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast =

| website =

| affiliations =

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WKVG was a southern gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Jenkins, Kentucky, serving Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI14&band=am&callLetter=WKVG|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|accessdate=May 22, 2014|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}} WKVG had been owned and operated by Martins & Associates Inc.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=DWKVG|title=WKVG Facility Record|accessdate=May 22, 2014|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

History

The station was first licensed, as WREM, in 1970. It was assigned the WKVG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 4, 1990.{{cite web|title=Call Sign History|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=40502&Callsign=DWKVG|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} The license for WKVG was surrendered by Martin & Associates on March 3, 2023, and cancelled by the FCC on April 5, 2023.

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