WMIK (AM)

WMIK (AM)
City of license	Middlesboro, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Cumberland Gap
Slogan	Where Messiah is King
Frequency	560 kHz
First air date	November 14, 1948
Format	Regligious
Power	2.5 kWs daytime 88 watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	23335
Affiliations	Salem Broadcasting
Owner	Gateway Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WMIK-FM
Website	WMIK website

WMIK in Middlesboro, Kentucky, operates on an assigned frequency of 560 KHz with a daytime power of 2500 watts. Pre-sunrise and nighttime power are 500 watts and 88 watts respectively. The landmark radio studio is on the 19th Street Extension and Highway 441. The transmitting tower is situated one mile to the Northeast.

WMIK signed on for the first time on Sunday, November 14, 1948, at 2pm. WMIK is one of Kentucky's oldest radio stations. The Cumberland Gap Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, owned WMIK from 1948 until 1992. For many years, WMIK was the regional coverage leader, sales leader, and number one in the market for a vast majority of years as determined by the ratings company, Arbitron. The Cumberland Gap Broadcasting Company is no longer parent company of radio stations WMIK and its sister station WMIK-FM of Middlesboro, Kentucky.

The Binghamtown Baptist Church through Gateway Broadcasting Corporation purchased both stations in October 1992. Both stations continue to serve the Cumberland Gap region twenty four hours a day with a mixture of local and nationally known ministers, Southern gospel music, and local programming. The Binghamtown Baptist Church Sunday morning worship service began broadcasting in the early 1950s and is one of the nation's longest consecutively airing church broadcasts.

External links

WMIK Radio website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMIK

Radio-Locator Information on WMIK

Religious radio stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WAPD – Campbellsville WAXG – Mount Sterling WAYK – Valley Station WBCE – Wickliffe WBFC – Stanton WBMK – Morehead WCBR – Richmond WDFB – Junction City WFIA – Louisville WHMR – Ledbetter WIMM-LP – Owensboro WIMV – Owingsville WITB-LP – Benton WJMM-FM – Keene WJSO – Pikeville WKCB – Hindman WLCR – Mount Washington WLCU – Campbellsville WLJC – Beattyville WMIK – Middlesboro WMIK-FM – Middlesboro WMJR – Nicholasville WMTC-FM – Vancleve WNKJ – Hopkinsville WNLW-LP – Williamsburg WNOP – Newport WPJI-LP – Hopkinsville WSGP – Glasgow WSOF-FM – Madisonville WSPP-LP – Hopkinsville WTHL – Somerset WTRT – Benton WVHM – Benton WYAH-LP – Winchester WYGE – London WYGH – Paris

Defunct	WBLG-LP – Bowling Green WMTC – Vancleve WWLK – Eddyville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 36°37′38″N 83°42′52″W / 36.62722°N 83.71444°W / 36.62722; -83.71444

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