WBKW

WBKW (1070 AM) is an alternative rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Beckley and Oak Hill in West Virginia. WBKW is owned and operated by Southern Communications.

This article is about the West Virginia radio station. For the Malaysian airport, see Tawau Airport. For other radio stations that had this call sign, see WBKW (disambiguation).
WBKW
Broadcast areaBeckley, West Virginia
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Frequency1070 kHz
BrandingChannel 93.5, the Buzz
Programming
FormatAlternative rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Southern Communications
  • (Southern Communications Corporation)
WAXS, WCIR-FM, WTNJ, WWNR
History
First air date
1967
Former call signs
WJKK (1981-1984)
WCIR (1967-1981; 1985-1990)
WIWS (1990-2011)
Technical information
Facility ID61276
ClassD
Power10,000 watts day
7,700 watts critical hours
Transmitter coordinates
37°45′18.0″N 81°14′12.0″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitebuzz935.com

History

First signed on in January 1967 as WCIR.

On December 25, 2017, the station flipped from Southern gospel to modern rock.[1]

Translator
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseERP (W)HAATClassFCC info
W228CF 93.5 FMBeckley, West Virginia250182.6 m (599 ft)DFMQ

References
  1. "WBKW/Beckley Flips To Alternative". All Access. Retrieved 2018-01-04.


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