Super Bowl Update

MADISONVILLE, Ky. ― If the FCC gives its approval, Madisonville country station WFMW-730 AM will soon have an FM translator.

FCC records indicate that WFMW's owner, Sound Broadcasters, has reached an agreement to purchase W235AC-94.9 FM from Heartland Ministries of Hardin, Ky., for $32,000.

W235AC is currently licensed to simulcast Heartland's WVHM (Benton, Ky.).

In a separate (but related) move, the translator's transmitter will be moved to Sound Broadcasters' tower next to its studios on U.S. 41 on the north side of Madisonville.  It will also get a significant power increase ― to 170 watts from its current 19.

I'll bring you more information as soon as I have it.

Benton, Ky.-based religious broadcaster Heartland Ministries has applied for a license to cover its relocated Southern Gospel translator station, W206BB-89.1 FM, which serves the northern part of Madisonville, Ky.

W206BB, which rebroadcasts Heartland's WVHM with a 19-watt signal, has been moved from a tower east of Hanson to a tower on the campus of Madisonville Community College, where it can better serve its community of license.

Heartland also owns and operates W235AC-94.9 FM, which carries WVHM's programming to the southern half of Madisonville.