WSMJ (AM)
former radio station in Cave City, Kentucky
WSMJ was a radio station that was broadcast at 800 kHz. Licensed to Cave City, Kentucky, United States, the station served Glasgow and the Caveland region of south central Kentucky. The station was last owned by Murray Communications.
History
The first application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Twin City Broadcasting was filed in December 1974. The station began broadcasting as WKVE on May 23, 1975, under Twin City ownership. The station, which was first managed by former WBGN assistant manager/staff announcer Barry Williams, originally transmitted from a tower on the southern outskirts of Cave City along U.S. Route 31W. Evidence from old radio-and-TV-hobbyist publications dating from the 1970s to 1984 show that WKVE was broadcasting a Top-40 format. Throughout its life, the station also utilized some programming from ABC Radio. It was originally a daytime-only station that broadcast at a power of 250 watts.
The station was sold to Rick Dubrose in 1981. Three years later, Newberry Broadcasting purchased the station.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as former radio station in Cave City, Kentucky. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25001543. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 1975, 1984 and 1981.
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