WMXN-FM
WMXN-FM (101.7 FM, "101.7 The Torch") is a radio station licensed to serve Stevenson, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Southern Torch Media, Inc. Launched in 1977 as WVSV (the "Voice of Sequatchie Valley"), this station broadcasts to Jackson County, Alabama, and the surrounding counties. Programming. WMXN-FM broadcasts a classic hits music format. The station airs the syndicated "Rick and Bubba Show" on weekday mornings with the bulk of the daily programming provided by the satellite-fed "Classic Rock" network from Dial Global. News updates are sourced from Fox News Radio. History. Owned by  Lynn Limited, Inc., this station was launched as WVSV in 1977 with 940 watts of effective radiated power from an antenna in height above average terrain. In September 1990, Lynn Limited, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to George Guess. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 16, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on December 31, 1990. Under Guess' ownership, the station applied for and received new call letters WKZA from the Federal Communications Commission on June 1, 1993. In December 1993, George Guess made a deal to sell this station to KEA Radio, Inc.  The deal was approved by the FCC on January 25, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on March 19, 1994. The station received new callsign WMXN on April 21, 1995, then changed to WMXN-FM on May 23, 1997, when an AM sister station was moved to the WMXN call letters. (That station, no longer under the same ownership, is now WFPA in Fort Payne, Alabama.) The station would go on to be a part of a landmark local radio deal that was started in February 2019 when The Southern Torch newspaper based in Rainsville, AL. decided to buy WMXN  and sister station WKEA 98.3 FM to form Southern Torch Media, Inc. The purchase was consummated on April 1, 2019 at a price of $600,000. On January 20, 2020, WMXN rebranded as "101.7 The Torch". Ownership. Before selling WMXN-FM and licensee WKEA-FM in nearby Scottsboro, Alabama to Southern Torch. KEA Radio, Inc., itself has been owned in equal part by Ronald H. Livengood, Julia Diana Livengood, Olvie E. Sisk, and Ivous T. Sisk. Ronald H. Livengood is the ex-husband of Julia Diane Livengood. Olvie and Ivous Sisk, a married couple, together also own 100% Air South  Radio, Inc., which holds the license for WFTA in Fulton, Mississippi, and 80% of Metro Radio, Inc., which holds the license for WLZA in Eupora, Mississippi. As an individual, Olvie E, Sisk holds the license for WCNA in Potts Camp, Mississippi.