WKEE-FM (100.5 MHz) is a contemporary hit radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving Huntington, West Virginia, Ashland, Kentucky, and Ironton, Ohio. WKEE-FM is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. WKEE-FM is the heritage CHR/Top 40 station in the Huntington area, having programmed hit music as a standalone FM for over 30 years (although its Top 40 heritage goes back to the early 1960s, when the station was a simulcast of WKEE 800 AM).

WKEE-FM
Broadcast areaHuntington, West Virginia
Ashland, Kentucky
Ironton, Ohio
Frequency100.5 MHz
BrandingKEE 100
Programming
FormatContemporary hit radio
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WAMX, WBVB, WTCR-FM, WVHU, WZWB
History
First air date
1947
Former call signs
WHTN-FM (1947–1959)
Call sign meaning
Key Broadcasting (former owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID500
ClassB
ERP53,000 watts
HAAT171 meters (561 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°23′35.0″N 82°28′24.0″W / 38.393056°N 82.473333°W / 38.393056; -82.473333
Links
Public license information
WebcastWKEE-FM Webstream
WebsiteWKEE-FM Online

History

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WKEE was once known as WHTN-FM, beginning in 1947.[2] It was the original FM sister station of AM 800 (now WVHU), which was originally WHTN and became WKEE around 1960, becoming the Huntington area's Top 40 music station. AM and FM largely simulcast each other throughout the sixties and seventies. About 1980, the AM station reverted to its original calls of WHTN and switched to country music, while the Top 40 format continued on WKEE-FM, where it continues to this day.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKEE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Early Lists of West Virginia Radio Stations".
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