Withers Broadcasting

Withers Broadcasting Companies

Company type	Privatefamily business
Industry	Broadcasting
Founded	1972
Founder	W. Russell Withers, Jr
Headquarters	219 Withers Dr., Mount Vernon, Illinois, U.S.
Area served	Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri
Products	Radio
Owner	Dana Withers
Website	www.mywithersradio.com

Withers Broadcasting Companies (also doing business as Dana Communications Corp.) is a radio broadcasting company based in southern Illinois. Founded in 1972 by the late W. Russell Withers, Jr., and now owned by his daughter Dana Withers, the company owns several radio stations across the United States, mainly in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri.^[1]

Stations

Radio

Illinois

Centralia

• WILY 1210
• WRXX 95.3

Harrisburg

• WEBQ 1240
• WEBQ-FM 102.3

Marion

• WDDD-FM 107.3
• WFRX 1300/95.5
• WHET 97.7
• WISH-FM 98.9
• WMCL 1060
• WQRL 106.3
• WTAO-FM 105.1
• WVZA 92.7

Nashville

• WNSV 104.7

Mount Vernon

• WDML 106.9
• WMIX 940
• WMIX-FM 94.1

Kentucky

Paducah

• WGKY 95.9
• WREZ 105.5
• WZZL 106.7
• WMOK 920/93.7 (IL)

Missouri

Cape Girardeau

• KAPE 1550/95.7
• KGMO 100.7
• KREZ 104.7
• KYRX 97.3
• WKIB 96.5

Jackson

• KJXX 1170/101.9

Sikeston

• KRHW 1520/98.9
• KBHI 107.1
• KBXB 97.9

Television

Stations arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / Market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Grand Junction, CO	KJWA/KFQX	4	[a]	Fox affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting[b]
	KREX-TV	5	1984–2003	CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
	K27CO/KGJT-LP	27	1998–2003	MyNetworkTV affiliate KGJT-CD, owned by Nexstar Media Group
Durango, CO	KREZ-TV[A]	6	1984–1995	CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group[B]
Glenwood Springs, CO	KREG-TV[A]	3	1987–2003	MeTV owned-and-operated (O&O) by Weigel Broadcasting
Montrose, CO	KREY[A]	10	1984–2003	CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Iron Mountain–Marquette, MI	WDHS	8	1996–2015	Defunct, license cancelled in 2015
Victoria, TX	KVCT	19	[c]	Fox affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting[d]
	KAVU-TV	25	1990–1999[2]	ABC affiliate owned by Morgan Murphy Media
Weston–Clarksburg, WV	WDTV	5	1973–2017	CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
	WVFX	10[e]	2007–2017	Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television

1. Satellite of KREX-TV.
2. Current satellite of KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1. Owned by John Harvey Rees and operated by Withers from 1994 until 2003.
2. Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
3. Owned by VictoriaVision, Inc. and operated by Withers from 1995 until 1999.
4. Operated through LMA by Morgan Murphy Media.
5. Broadcast in analog prior to 2009 on UHF channel 46.

References

1. "Broadcasting Pioneer W. Russell Withers, Jr. Passes Away", from WDTV.com, 1/27/2014
2. Application SearchCDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 22 May, 2017.

External links

• Official Website