WKMG (AM)

WKMG (AM 1520) was a radio station broadcasting a nostalgia format. Licensed to Newberry, South Carolina, United States, the station was last owned by Cornell Blakely.[1] Despite sharing call letters, the station was not connected to WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida.

WKMG
CityNewberry, South Carolina
Frequency1520 kHz
SloganYour All Time Favorites
Programming
FormatDefunct (formerly Nostalgia)
Ownership
OwnerCornell Blakely
History
First air date
May 22, 1968 (1968-05-22)
Last air date
November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
(date of license cancellation)
Technical information
Facility ID17766
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
34°15′12″N 81°35′44″W

The station signed on May 22, 1968.[2] It was transferred from Service Radio Company, Inc. to Durst Broadcasting Company, Inc. on January 1, 1989,[3] and from Durst to Cornell Blakely on March 20, 2001.[4] Blakely was a black musician who had been on the Chitlin' Circuit and then a well-known disc jockey in South Carolina.[5]

WKMG was deleted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 2, 2011 for failure to file for the renewal of its license, which expired a day earlier.[6] The license was reinstated on December 15, 2011.

Cornell Blakely died on December 2, 2013.[5]

On October 4, 2017, the FCC informed WKMG that it believed the station had been silent for over a year and ordered the station to provide its full operational status since August 9, 2011; in attempting to inform WKMG on May 10, 2017 of unpaid debts it owed to the commission, FCC staffers discovered that owner Cornell Blakely had died on December 2, 2013, and that WKMG's phone number had been disconnected.[7] After the FCC's notification was returned as undeliverable, the WKMG license was cancelled on November 9, 2017.[8]

References
  1. "WKMG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-398. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. "Application Search Details: BAL-19881011EE". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  4. "Application Search Details: BAL-20001208ADG". CDBS Public Access. Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  5. "Upstate Radio Legend Dies" (website ed.). Laurens, South Carolina: WLBG. December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  6. "In re: WKMG(AM), Newberry, SC" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 2, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  7. Doyle, Peter H. (October 4, 2017). "Re: WKMG(AM), Newberry, SC" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  8. "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017. §312(g) letter sent on 10/4/17. Letter returned as undeliverable and license canceled on 11/9/17.


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