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WKIC (AM)

classic rock radio station in Hazard, Kentucky, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7958376 ↗
Source-derived summary

WKIC (1390 AM) is a radio station in Hazard, Kentucky. The station was known as WKIC for over sixty years, before assuming the call sign WZQQ when the WKIC call sign was moved to the FM dial at 97.9. The station is currently owned by Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc. and features programming from ABC News Radio.

The station reassumed the WKIC call sign on February 12, 2019.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “WKIC (AM)” is classic rock radio station in Hazard, Kentucky, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through WKIC, classic and rock, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1390, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, WKIC, classic and rock is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “classic rock radio station in Hazard, Kentucky, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7958376. Authority coordinates are 37.239, -83.211. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1390 and 2019.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “WKIC (AM)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow WKIC (AM) primary sources, WKIC (AM) archive and WKIC research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “WKIC (AM)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “WKIC (AM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.