WVOW-FM and WVOW is a radio station

Radio station

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 simulcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Logan, West Virginia

Logan, West Virginia

Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Logan County.-History:...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Logan Broadcasting Corp. and features programing from CBS Radio

CBS Radio

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  and ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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History

WVOW began operation on May 8, 1952. The license for broadcasting was issued in 1951 to Chauncey Browning Sr., who later became a Supreme Court Justice, Grover Combs, and Clerence Meadows, a former West Virginia Governor. In the station's early years it was located in the Logan Office Building Complex, but in 1959 it moved to the Professional Buildings, its current location. As of May 2011, WVOW currently employees former WMUL broadcasting legend Robert Henry Iddings.

Programming

Since the closure of WLOG its main rival, WVOW has become a major station in southern West Virginia. The station now broadcasts a variety of hit music, a series of talk shows, and reruns of old radio sitcoms, and ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio

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. During baseball season WVOW is an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 and Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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radio networks.