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{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = File:WMOK 920WMOK logo.jpg
| name             = WMOK
| frequency        = 920 [[AM radio|AM]] ([[kilohertz|kHz]])
| translator       = W229DI (93.7FM [[MHz]], Metropolis)
| city             = [[Metropolis, Illinois]]
| area             = [[Southern Illinois]] / [[Paducah, Kentucky]]
| airdate          = February 4, [[1951 in radio|1951]]<ref name="BCYearbook1972">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1972/B-1%20YB%201972%20All-11.pdf 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]], 1972. p. B-65. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref>
| format           = [[Country music]]
| owner            = [[Withers Broadcasting]]
| licensee         = Withers Broadcasting Company of Paducah, LLC
| power            = 1000 [[watt]]s day <br> 750 watts night<ref name="FCC">[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=73275 WMOK], fcc.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref>
| haat             =
| coordinates      = {{coord|37|9|12|N|88|42|33|W}} (day)<br>{{coord|37|8|56|N|88|38|10|W}} (night)
| branding         = 920 WMOK
| class            = B
| website          = [http://www.920wmok.com/ www.920wmok.com]
| callsign_meaning =
| sister_stations  = [[WREZ]], [[WZZL]]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WMOK''' Metropolis [[AM broadcasting|AM]] is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[country music]] format - airing on 920AM and 93.7FM. Licensed to [[Metropolis, Illinois]], the station serves [[Southern Illinois]], and the [[Paducah, Kentucky]] area. WMOK is owned by [[Withers Broadcasting]], which purchased the station in 1997.<ref name="FCC"/><ref name="BCYearbook1998">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1998/D-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-1998.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1998]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable]], 1998. p. D-139. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref>
==History==
The station began broadcasting on February 4, 1951, and originally ran 500 watts during daytime hours only.<ref name="BCYearbook1972"/><ref name="HistoryCards">[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=65251 History Cards for WMOK], fcc.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> The station's power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1954.<ref name="HistoryCards"/> By 1989, the station had added nighttime operations, running 73 watts.<ref name="BCYearbook1989">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1989/B-1%20Radio%20Ala%20to%20Mont%201989-5.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable]], 1989. p. B-95. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> In 2008, the station's nighttime power was increased to 750 watts.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100998408&formid=301&fac_num=73275 Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station], fcc.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref> The station has long aired a country music format.<ref name="BCYearbook1983">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1983/B-Radio-Ala-Mt-1983-YB.pdf Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983]'', [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting/Cablecasting]], 1983. p. B-75. Retrieved July 24, 2018.</ref><ref name="BCYearbook1989"/><ref name="BCYearbook1998"/>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.920wmok.com/ WMOK's website]
*[http://www.mywithersradio.com/ Withers Broadcasting Website]
{{AM station data|73275|WMOK}}
{{Paducah Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Illinois}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Illinois|MOK]]
[[Category:Country radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Massac County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Illinois]]
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