WITM is an American broadcast

Broadcasting

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 radio station

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 licensed to Marion, Virginia

Marion, Virginia

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, serving Marion

Marion, Virginia

Marion is a town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,968 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Smyth County. The town is named for American Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion.-Tourism:...

 and Smyth County, Virginia

Smyth County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 33,081 people, 13,493 households, and 9,607 families residing in the county. The population density was 73 people per square mile . There were 15,111 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

. WITM is currently owned and operated by Praise and Glory Ministries.

History

On November 7, 2007, WHGB flipped its calls to WITM and dropped its simulcast of sister station

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 WHCB

WHCB

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. Also during this time, WITM picked up a classic country

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 and bluegrass music

Bluegrass music

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format.

Tower problems

On August 20, 2008, WITM fell silent because the "owner of the land adjacent to the station's temporary tower" asked the station "to remove a guy wire that was on his property". According to the station's Silent STA Application, WITM would "return to the air when the temporary antenna can be repositioned to comply with its current STA".

Station donated

On August 17, 2009, WITM was donated to Praise and Glory Ministries based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The station, while transferred, remained under the Silent STA Application filed by previous owners Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation, which was extended on July 6, 2009 as it was "determined that the operation of WITM [was] a burden on the Non-Profit Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation". According to a filing with the FCC, the station resumed broadcasting on June 12, 2010.