WKMX
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WKMX (106.7 FM, "All the Hits, 106.7 KMX") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format.[2] Licensed to Enterprise, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Dothan, Alabama, metropolitan area. The station is owned by Gulf South Communications and features programming from Premiere Radio Networks.[3]
History
In 1974, veterinarian Jones Wallace Miller was granted a construction permit for a new FM radio station to broadcast with 100,000 watts of effective radiated power on 106.7 MHz. It began broadcasting on November 27, 1974.[4][5] In 1979, WKMX was broadcasting a middle of the road music format.[6]
In June 2004, WKMX Inc. (Wallace Miller, president) made a deal to sell WKMX after 30 years of continuous ownership to Styles Media Group LLC (Thomas A. DiBacco, managing member) for a reported sale price of $4.5 million.[7] The deal gained FCC approval on August 4, 2004, and was consummated on September 3, 2004.[8] In 2006, Styles Broadcasting became the Magic Broadcasting Company.[9]
In 2011, the station was sold again, this time along with sister properties WTVY-FM, WJRL-FM, WLDA, and WBBK-FM. WKMX and WTVY were sold to Gulf South Communications, where they became sister stations to WDJR and WUSD, while WJRL-FM and WLDA were sold to Southeast Alabama Broadcasters, which now owns them along with WDBT and WESP. WBBK was sold to a third company, Alabama Media Investments.[10] The sale was consummated on December 1, 2011.
Controversy
The station drew national attention in May 2001 when WKMX, Inc., filed a federal lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company alleging that the soda giant stole the station's name and colors for its KMX energy drink.[11] In June 2003, then-general manager Terry Duffie told the press that "the matter has been resolved" although no details of any settlement were revealed.[12]
References
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- WKMX official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKMX
- Radio-Locator information on WKMX
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKMX
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