Bristol Broadcasting Company

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Bristol Broadcasting Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment, Broadcasting
Foundedearly 1950s
HeadquartersBristol, Virginia
Key people
Nininger Family, Owners
ProductsRadio
Websitewww.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[edit]

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Tri-Cities[edit]

Marion[edit]

Charleston[edit]

Paducah / Mayfield[edit]

Sevierville[edit]

Recent acquisitions[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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