WXCC

WXCC

City	Williamson, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Southern West Virginia Southwest Virginia Eastern Kentucky
Branding	Coal Country 96.5
Slogan	"The Tri-State's Coal Country and More"
Frequency	96.5 MHz
First air date	October 27, 1978^[1]
Format	Country
ERP	75,000 watts
HAAT	339 meters (1113 feet)
Class	C1
Facility ID	26393
Transmitter coordinates	37°30′48″N 82°15′20″W / 37.51333°N 82.25556°W / 37.51333; -82.25556
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Marshall University football and basketball networks
Owner	East Kentucky Broadcasting (East Kentucky Radio Network, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBTH, WDHR, WEKB, WLSI, WPKE, WPKE-FM, WPRT, WZLK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wxccfm.com

WXCC (96.5 FM, "Coal Country 96.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Williamson, West Virginia. The station is owned by East Kentucky Broadcasting and licensed to East Kentucky Radio Network, Inc. It airs a Country music format.^[2] WXCC is an affiliate of Fox News Radio.

History

The first song played on WXCC, broadcasting in the heart of West Virginia's coal country, was Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons".^[1] The station was assigned the WXCC call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[3]

East Kentucky Broadcasting

WDHR WPKE-FM WXCC WZLK WBTH WEKB WLSI WPRT WPKE

Radio stations in the Southern West Virginia market

By FM frequency	90.7 92.5 92.7 96.5 101.1 101.9 106.7 107.7

By AM frequency	970 1150 1290 1360 1400

By callsign	WBTH WELC WFGH WHJC WHQX WKQR WVKM WVOW WVOW-FM WVWP-LP WWYO WXCC WZAC-FM

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

Country radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations	WAMN – Green Valley WBRB – Buckhannon WBYG – Point Pleasant WCEF – Ripley WCST – Berkeley Springs WDBS – Sutton WDNE - Elkins WDNE-FM – Elkins WELC – Welch WELD-FM – Moorefield WGGE – Parkersburg WGIE – Clarksburg WGYE – Mannington WHAW – Weston WHJC – Matewan WHNK – Parkersburg WHQX – Gary WJLS-FM – Beckley WKKW – Fairmont WKMM – Kingwood WKWS – Charleston WOVK – Wheeling WPDX – Clarksburg WPDX-FM – Clarksburg WQBE-FM – Charleston WRON-FM – Lewisburg WTCR – Kenova WTCR-FM – Huntington WTNJ – Mount Hope WVMD – Romney WVRC-FM – Spencer WVSB – Romney WXCC – Williamson WYKM – Rupert WYMJ – New Martinsville WZAC-FM – Danville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia

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