WMAK
| City | Lobelville, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Branding | 1570 WMAK |
| Slogan | America's Bluegrass Channel |
| Frequency | 1570 kHz |
| First air date | November 16, 1955 (as WHLP) |
| Format | Bluegrass |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 66 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 27139 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°45′29″N 87°27′35″W / 35.75806°N 87.45972°W |
| Former callsigns | WHLP (1955-1991) WNKX (1991-2013) |
| Owner | Last of a Dying Breed Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WOPC |
| Website | 1013HankFM.com |
WMAK (1570 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Lobelville, Tennessee, with studios in downtown Linden, Tennessee. Currently airing a bluegrass format, the station's broadcast license is held by Last of a Dying Breed Broadcasting Services. The station was established as "WHLP" in November 1955.
The call letters WMAK had been assigned to a station in Buffalo, New York. It was ordered off the air in 1931 by the Federal Communications Commission "because of an unsatisfactory showing of public interest" as reported in Broadcasting.
This station began broadcast operations on November 16, 1955, licensed as "WHLP".
In April 1981, control of WHLP broadcast license holder Davidson Broadcasting Corporation was transferred from Mildred B. Littleton to E.J. Preston. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the transfer on June 18, 1981. However, the station soon encountered financial difficulties and the station was placed in receivership. In February 1984, the license was involuntarily transferred from the Davidson Broadcasting Corporation to Larry G. Womack, acting as receiver. The FCC approved the move on February 15, 1984, and it was consummated on March 9, 1984.
A buyer was quickly found and in September 1984, Larry G. Womack filed an application with the FCC to transfer WHLP to Richard Wayne Durham. The Commission approved the sale on October 30, 1984, and formal consummation took place on November 15, 1984. However, WHLP again found itself in financial difficulties and receivership three years later. In August 1988, receiver William A. Potts notified the FCC that the station's license and assets had been involuntarily transferred from Richard Wayne Durham. The FCC approved the transfer on September 9, 1988, and formal consummation occurred on September 26, 1988.
After an aborted attempt to sell the station to Wiggins Broadcasting in 1990, William A. Potts reached a deal to sell WHLP to Hickman County Broadcasting, Inc., in May 1991. The deal gained FCC approval on June 27, 1991, and the transaction was formally consummated on July 10, 1991. At the new owner's request, the station was assigned new call sign "WNKX" by the FCC in August 1991. Branded as "KiX 96", in conjunction with then-sister station WNKX-FM (96.7 FM), the stations were marketed with the slogan "Southwest Middle Tennessee's Country Leader".
...
Wikipedia