Bristol Broadcasting Company
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"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 station chain operating 21 stations in three Southern United States
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...

 markets: the Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities, Tennessee
In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia...

 area of upper-east
East Tennessee
East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely...

 Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 and southwest
Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or...

 Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Washington County, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee, and Sullivan County, Tennessee....

 and Bristol, Tennessee
Bristol, Tennessee
Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundaries of both cities run parallel to each other along State...

); Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River, halfway between the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, to the west and Nashville,...

; and Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

.

In each market it operates a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 station with a rabbit mascot and the slogan "24 carrot country", a Top 40/CHR station under the title "Electric", and every News/Talk
News Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....

 station carries the name "Super Talk". Each respective genre of stations include identical jingles, voice imaging and playlists. Some stations also share disk jockeys through voice-tracking
Voice-tracking
Voice-tracking, also called cyber jocking and referred to sometimes colloquially as a robojock, is a technique employed by some radio stations in radio broadcasting to produce the illusion of a live disc jockey or announcer sitting in the radio studios of the station when one is not actually...

 for over nights. The only differences in these stations are their frequencies and call signs.

Tri-Cities

  • WAEZ
  • WFHG
    WFHG (AM)
    WFHG is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station affiliated with Fox Sports Radio.WFHG is licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia. WFHG is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.-External links:...

  • WFHG-FM
  • WGGQ
    WGGQ
    WGGQ is a radio station licensed to Newport, Tennessee, USA. The station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company.The WGGQ call letters were last assigned to a FM radio station in Waupun Wisconsin that had a top 40 rock format known as "99Q" which broadcast with 2,800 watts on 99.3 FM...

  • WNPC-FM
    WNPC-FM
    WNPC-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to White Pine, Tennessee, USA, the station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programing from Citadel Media and Motor Racing Network. The station has obtained a construction permit...

  • WTZR
  • WXBQ-FM
    WXBQ-FM
    WXBQ-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities. WXBQ-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.-Ratings:...


Paducah / Mayfield

  • WDXR
    WDXR
    WDXR is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, USA. The station, established in 1957, is currently owned by Virginia-based Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.-Programming:...

  • WDDJ
    WDDJ
    WDDJ is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, USA. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company along with "twin stations" "Electric 94.9" in Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia, and "Electric 102.7" in Charleston, West Virginia....

  • WKYQ
    WKYQ
    WKYQ is a country music formatted radio station based in Paducah, Kentucky. WKYQ broadcasts on the frequency of 93.3 FM with an ERP 100,000 watts. WKYQ serves Paducah and Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Northwest Tennessee, and parts of Southeastern Missouri. WKYQ is owned by Bristol...

  • WKYX (AM)
  • WKYX-FM
  • WLLE
    WLLE
    WLLE is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Mayfield, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Paducah, KY area. The station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.-History:...

  • WNGO
  • WPAD
  • WQQR
    WQQR
    WQQR is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Clinton, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Purchase area of Western Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc..-History:...

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