# WKCM

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{{short description|Radio station in Hawesville, Kentucky}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| country = US
| name             = WKCM
| logo             =
| above            = Simulcasts [WBIO](/source/WBIO) [Philpot](/source/Philpot%2C_Kentucky)
| city             = [Hawesville, Kentucky](/source/Hawesville%2C_Kentucky)
| area             = [Owensboro, Kentucky](/source/Owensboro%2C_Kentucky)
| branding         = ''Country Classics''
| frequency        = 1160 [kHz](/source/kHz)
| translator       = 92.1 W221EG (Hawesville)<br>97.9 W250BW (Whitesville)
| repeater         = 
| airdate          = November 7, [1972](/source/1972_in_radio)
| format           = [Classic country](/source/Classic_country)
| power            = 2,500 [watt](/source/watt)s day<br>55 watts night
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 25966
| coordinates      = {{coord|37|54|20|N|86|45|30|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = 
| affiliations     = 
| owner            = [Cromwell Radio Group](/source/Cromwell_Radio_Group)
| licensee         = Hancock Communications, Inc.
| sister_stations  = [WBIO](/source/WBIO), [WLME](/source/WLME), [WTCJ](/source/WTCJ), [WCJZ](/source/WCJZ), [WVJS](/source/WVJS), [WXCM](/source/WXCM)
| webcast          = [http://www.owensbororadio.com/player?playerID=601 Listen Live]
| website          = {{URL|https://www.owensbororadio.com/wbio/}} 
| licensing_authority= [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)
}}

'''WKCM''' (1160 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is an American [radio station](/source/radio_station) licensed to serve the [community](/source/city_of_license) of [Hawesville, Kentucky](/source/Hawesville%2C_Kentucky). The station is owned and operated by Hancock Communications, Inc., [doing business as](/source/doing_business_as) the [Cromwell Radio Group](/source/Cromwell_Radio_Group), and the station's [broadcast license](/source/broadcast_license) is held by Hancock Communications, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WKCM |title=WKCM Facility Record |publisher=United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division }}</ref>

WKCM broadcasts a [classic country](/source/classic_country) music format to the greater [Owensboro, Kentucky](/source/Owensboro%2C_Kentucky), area.

==History==
The station signed on the air on November 7, 1972, the day of [that year's election](/source/1972_United_States_presidential_election). For its first ten years on the air, it broadcast on [AM 1140](/source/AM_1140). It reallocated to its present-day frequency of 1160 kilohertz in 1982.<ref name="nash">{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933}}</ref>

The station's transmission tower collapsed during a windstorm in January 1976; it returned to the air the next day with a makeshift antenna.{{r|nash}}

In the 2010s, WKCM also broadcasts on 2 [FM translator](/source/FM_translator)s: Hawesville, Kentucky (92.1&nbsp;MHz) and Whitesville, Kentucky (97.9&nbsp;MHz). Additionally, on August 1, 2018, WKCM began simulcasting with sister station [WBIO](/source/WBIO), in addition to dropping the [Nash Icon](/source/Nash_Icon) syndicated format from [Westwood One](/source/Westwood_One), and broadcasting all music and programming locally.

==Former Logos==
thumb|left|150px|WKCM former logo
thumb|right|150px|WKCM previous logo

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{AM station data|25966|WKCM}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|202058|W221EG}}
*{{FXL|W221EG}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|139308|W250BW}}
*{{FXL|W250BW}}

{{Owensboro Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Kentucky}}

Category:Country radio stations in Kentucky

{{Kentucky-radio-station-stub}}

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