Bristol Broadcasting Company

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Bristol Broadcasting Company

Logo of Bristol Broadcasting

Company type| Private
Industry| Entertainment, Broadcasting
Founded| early 1950s
Headquarters| Bristol, Virginia

Key people

| Nininger Family, Owners
Products| Radio
Website| www.bristolbroadcasting.com

"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

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

### Marion

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* WHNK
* WMEV-FM
* WOLD-FM
* WUKZ
* WZVA

### Charleston

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

### Paducah / Mayfield

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

### Sevierville

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* WSEV

## Recent acquisitions

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

## References

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1. ^ a b "Bristol Broadcasting Company". www.bristolbroadcasting.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

## External links

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* Company Website

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