WHKY Radio (AM 1290) is a 50,000 watt station broadcasting a News & TalkRadio Format and serves the Greater Hickory (NC) Metro. WHKY-DTV is a Independent station serving the Charlotte TV Market (DMA # 24) broadcasting in a Standard Definition Digtial TV format on 14.1 All were the first stations in Hickory, NC and between Charlotte and Asheville, NC at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.