WJ104 Becomes West Virginia’s Top Radio Station
WHAJ J-104 104.5 FM Bluefield claims the top market reach with 150 000 weekly listeners per Arbitron. Since 1981 it has operated as CHR with careful song flow and local personalities guiding the 24 hour day. Adventure Communications’ Mike Shott notes music focus and up to date news. Local announcers personalize taped reels from a Texas firm.
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WHAJ
Bluefield
West Virginia
I-104
Mike Shott
Adventure Communications, Inc
Texas
Short
Diversity fuels local radio scene in mountains
Melody Bowen reports on 14 area stations with varied formats from country to news. WBDY 106 FM and 1190 AM Bluefield Broadcasting Corp, in control since 1983, broadcast satellite tied country with local announcers. They promote community events and sponsor major giveaways while targeting Mercer and surrounding counties.
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WBDY
Bluefield
Bluefield Broadcasting Corp
WHIS 1440 AM Bluefield Builds A Boom For Boomers
WHIS 1440 AM in Bluefield markets to listeners 25 and up with adult contemporary music. Station emphasizes nostalgia and shift from early eras to current hits, noting 1923 launch as an area pioneer. Broadcasts at 5000 watts by day and 500 watts at night reaching Mercer and parts of Tazewell counties.
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WHIS
Bluefield
Mike Shott
Lionel Ritchie
Barry Manilow
Alabama
Kenny Rogers
Mercer
Tazewell Counties
WKOY and WKMY Switch to Simulcast Contemporary Hit Radio
WKOY 1240 AM and WKMY 101 FM in Princeton and Bluefield simulcast a Contemporary Hit Radio format. Program director Mary Jo Babbitt says WKOY was among the market’s first such stations and traces back to a 1948 start.
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WKOY
WKMY
Princeton
Bluefield
Mary Jo Babbitt
Classical Pianist Charlotte Giles to perform Sunday in Bluefield
Charlotte Giles, a noted pianist with degrees from Indiana University, will give a free concert Sunday at 3 p.m. as part of the December Music on a Sunday Afternoon in the Center series at the Center. The event is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the West Virginia Department of Culture History.
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Charlotte Giles
Bluefield
King Solomon's Mines review repeats familiar adventure tropes
The film offers a familiar jungle quest with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone as a rugged pair chasing a treasure. It lacks humor and romance of Raiders or Romancing the Stone, instead delivering plentiful special effects and mild tension while implying violence and peril without graphic detail.
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King Solomon’s Mines
Richard Chamberlain
Michael Douglas
Gruff Explorer
Alan Quatermain
Sharon Stone
Jessie Huston
Annual Pageant of the Trees under way in Bluefield center
The Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center hosts its fourth Pageant of the Trees in the Great Hall. Fourteen trees decorate with themes chosen by participating clubs, no judging this year to preserve the pageant’s spirit.
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Bluefield Center
Bluefield Area
Center
Blyfield Junior Women’s Club
Sherry Bailey
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