Editing WMKV

{{short description|Radio station in Reading, Ohio}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WMKV
| logo             = WMKV 89.3 logo.jpg
| logo_size        = 150px
| city             = [[Reading, Ohio]]
| area             = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| branding         = Flagship Station of the [[Maple Knoll|Maple Knoll Village]] network.
| airdate          = 1995
| frequency        = 89.3 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| repeater         = [[WLHS]] at 89.9 MHz in [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|West Chester]] plus audiostream.
| format           = [[Big band]]/[[adult standards]]/[[nostalgia]]
| erp              = 410 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|72|meters}}
| class            = A
| callsign_meaning = Maple Knoll Village
| owner            = [[Maple Knoll Village|Maple Knoll Communities]]
| webcast          = [http://streamdb3web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WMKVFM Listen live]
| website          = [http://www.wmkvfm.org/ www.wmkvfm.org]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WMKV''' (89.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a radio station in [[Reading, Ohio|Reading]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]], a suburb of [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]. It is the first FM educational public radio station to be licensed to a [[retirement community]] and also streams live via webcast.  Operating from the campus of [[Maple Knoll Village]], WMKV broadcasts talk programs, classic shows from the [[old-time radio]] era, and features musical standards and big band music. The station also carries the audio of [[WKRC-TV]]'s morning and evening news. The station's transmitter has an [[effective radiated power]] of 410 [[watt]]s.

Starting in July 2013, WMKV's programming has been also carried by [[Lakota Local School District (Butler County)|Lakota Local School District]]'s [[WLHS]] 89.9 FM. In addition to its streaming audio service, three WMKV programs are available as podcasts via iTunes: "WMKV World Front," "WMKV Computer Talk," and "The Big Broadcast."

==History==
WMKV has been broadcasting since 1995. It aired a revival of ''[[Moon River (radio program)|Moon River]]'' from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, WMKV took over 89.3 FM after [[Reading High School (Ohio)|Reading High School]] shut down its [[high school radio]] station, [[WRCJ (Reading, Ohio)|WRCJ]].

In November 2004, WMKV was the subject of a front-page ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' profile. The writer, P.J. Huffstutter, had discovered the station while reporting on the 2004 American presidential election from Ohio.

==See also==
*[[List of community radio stations in the United States]]

==External links==
*[http://www.wmkvfm.org/ WMKV]
*[http://www.mapleknoll.org/ Maple Knoll Village]
*[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020914152639/http://www.lifesphere.org/ LifeSphere]
*[http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2013/07/05/wmkv-fm-adds-simulcast-on-fm-89-9/ WMKV-FM adds simulcast on FM 89.9]
*{{FM station data|61575|WMKV}}

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[[Category:Radio stations in Cincinnati|MKV]]
[[Category:Adult standards radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Community radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Ohio]]


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