KM Communications, Inc. is the owner of several television and radio stations throughout the United States. The company, based in Skokie, Illinois, gets its name from the first names of its president, Myoung Hwa Bae and her husband, Kun Chae Bae. Their son, Kevin Joel Bae, is the General Manager of the company.
Founded in 1988, KM Communications has grown to nine radio stations and 10 television stations, with construction permits for seven additional radio and nine additional television stations.
The stations owned by KM Communications get their programming from a variety of sources, but the most common affiliation is with Westwood One for their radio stations and Youtoo America network for their television stations.
Station list
AM radio
- KQMG 1220 kHz (Silent) Independence, Iowa
FM radio
- KWKM-FM 95.7 MHz (Hot Adult Contemporary) St. Johns, Arizona
- KTKB-FM 101.9 MHz (OPM) Hagåtña, Guam
- WLCN-FM 96.3 MHz (Country) Atlanta, Illinois
- WDLJ-FM 97.5 MHz (Classic rock) Breese, Illinois
- WMKB-FM 102.9 MHz (Silent) Earlville, Illinois
- KQMG-FM 95.3 MHz (Silent) Independence, Iowa
- KHMR 104.3 MHz (Contemporary Christian) Lovelady, Texas
Class A television
- WOCK-CD channel 4 (Infomercials on 13.1, Korean on 13.2) Chicago, Illinois
- WSKC-CD channel 22 (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation on 22.1) Atlanta, Georgia
Low-power television
- KTKB-LD channel 26 (The CW/Retro TV) Tamuning, Guam
Former radio stations formerly owned by KM Communications
- KBKY-FM 94.1 MHz (Spanish Religious) Merced, California - Now Owned by Radio Alfa y Omega, LLC.
Former television stations formerly owned by KM Communications
- KPIF channel 15 (MeTV) Pocatello, Idaho - Now owned by Ventura Broadcasting
- KWKB channel 20 (This TV) Iowa City, Iowa - Now owned by HC2 Holdings
- WBKM-LP channel 46 (Youtoo America) Chana, Illinois - Later owned by BKM Broadcasting; now defunct
- WCRD-LP channel 44 (Youtoo America) Carthage, Illinois - Now owned by FXM Broadcasting
- WMKB-LP channel 25 (Youtoo America) Rochelle, Illinois - Later owned by Diligent Broadcasting; now defunct
- WMKE-CD channel 7 (Soul of the South Network) Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Now owned by CNZ Communications, LLC
- WRDH-LP channel 7 (Youtoo America) Holcomb, Illinois - Now owned by CHN Media
Defunct television stations formerly owned by KM Communications
- KEJB channel 43 (Was MyNetworkTV) El Dorado, Arkansas
- KCFG channel 9 (silent) Flagstaff, Arizona
- KNJO-LP channel 6 (Was America One) Holbrook, Arizona
- KWKM-LP channel 10 (Was Youtoo America) Show Low, Arizona
- KWSJ-LP channel 12 (Was Youtoo America) Snowflake, Arizona
- KRDN-LP channel 5 (Was Daystar Television Network) Redding, California
- WPNG-LP channel 3 Pearson, Georgia
- WPDW-LP channel 26 Pearson, Georgia
- KHIK-LP channel 47 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- WOCH-CD channel 41 (Was Charge!) Chicago, Illinois
- WIIB-LP channel 7 (Was America One) Farmersburg, Indiana
- WHFE-LP channel 18 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana
- WKMF-LP channel 32 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana
- WVGO-LP channel 54 (Was America One) Sullivan, Indiana
- W44CE channel 44 Vidalia, Louisiana
- K34JH-D channel 34 Winnfield, Louisiana (Construction was permit granted, but never signed on)
- K44HN channel 44 Winnfield, Louisiana (Construction was permit granted, but never signed on)
- KTXF-LP channel 5 Abilene, Texas
- KPPY-LP channel 53 Beaumont, Texas
- KCCG-LP channel 33 Corpus Christi, Texas
- KETK-LP channel 53 (Was NBC) Lufkin, Texas (Was controlled by ComCorp-owned KETK-TV)
- KSVH-LP channel 23 Victoria, Texas
- KBEO channel 11 (Was RTV) Jackson, Wyoming (satellite of KPIF)
Note
KM Communications should not be confused with the similarly named, Virginia-based KM Broadcasting, which is named after founders Robert Kelly and Peter Martine; that company owns WXOB-LP in Richmond.
This page was last edited on 5 January 2024, at 16:22