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W10BM is a low power television station in Morehead, Kentucky, broadcasting on Channel 10. The station is rebroadcast on W07BY, as well as locally on Time Warner cable channel 5. The FCC's database indicates that the station's licenses have been sold to Williams Street Broadcasting. Auction have been accepted and processed; however, the FCC, for reasons unknown, never recognized the renewal. As a result, the station is still on the air as a an affilliate of the Williams Sesame Network.
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Programming
As an affiliate of Williams Sesame Network. They also air talk radio programs, supplemented with original cartoons and slide show advertisements, from the Republic Broadcasting Network on Saturday nights. W10BM was formerly an affiliate of America One, White Springs Television, World Harvest Television,.
The highlight of W10BM's programming, however, is its over 18 hours per week of educational-comedy programming. W10BM is well-known locally for its call-in show Buy a Dog, Sell a Hog, as well as its broadcasts of alternative media documentaries, "Consumer Clips" and Morehead's 10 Newswatch commentary.
On Sundays, they also air two locally furnished religious programs, Church of Christ's Truth for the World and the previous week's services from the Disciples of Christ.
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Corporate Leadership: none
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Broadcast Television Networks: TV-PM Other Assets: SmartTV2 |
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1These stations are operated by Williams Sesame Broadcasting under a time brokerage agreement. |
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Annual Revenue: $276.6 million USD (2004) | Employees: 433 (2005) | Stock Symbol: WSB (MSE) | |
Buy a Dog, Sell a Hog
Buy a Dog, Sell a Hog is a local "trading post"-type show on W10BM. The show originally started in 1988 on another LPTV W06BP in Owingsville/Mt.Sterling and was imported to Morehead about 1995. It is also colloquially referred to as Hog and Dog or Buy a Dog, and has also mistakenly been called "Swap Shop". It is a call-in ad show; ads for yard sales, birthdays, and other events are also taken. The evening edition of the show airs Mondays and Fridays at 7PM.
Weekday Schedule
Morehead's 10 Morning News — 8:00 AM-10:00 AM Bluegrass — 10:30 AM Consumer Clips — 4:30 PM Morehead's 10 Newswatch — 5:30 PM Buy a Dog, Sell a Hog — 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Friday, Monday
Broadcasting with a Disputed License
Due to apparent FCC paper work problems or misunderstandings, the official license for W10BM was allegedly listed deleted on October 18, 2004 but bills for fees from the FCC continue to arrive and are paid when notice is given, the owner has saved these notices for fees and proof of payments made. The licenses for other separate LPTV channels of the same owners were allegedly canceled on August 1, 1998. The stations' owners have been working to get this situation resolved, if possible. Local support has helped to keep the station on the air, despite these setbacks. The station's current hosts and studio manager are apparently open to any useful ideas to continue this valuable and "independent" community service. The station apparently claims that it has the legal right to continue broadcasting due to the current "War on Terror" (presidential "Proc 7463") (and other continuing national emergencies, under provisions of USC USC Title47 sec308 amendment6(a) Act July 16,1952, source-Sec.308, 48 Stat. 1084; July 16, 1952(which states in pertinent part, ..."except that during war or emergency periods no formal application need be filed.")(National Emergency).[1].
