WPKY
| Broadcast area | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1580 kHz |
| Branding | WPKY 103.3/1580 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | March 15, 1950[1][2] |
Call sign meaning | Princeton, Kentucky |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50637 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°7′14″N 87°51′31″W / 37.12056°N 87.85861°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.3 W277CK (Princeton) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wpkyonline.com |
WPKY (1580 AM) is a radio station licensed to Princeton, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Beth Mann, through licensee Ham Broadcasting.[4]
History
The station began broadcasting on March 15, 1950[1] under ownership of Leslie Goodaker, a former engineer at Owensboro's WOMI. He and his wife, Mayme, operated the station for more than first four decades on the air until selling the station to DART, Inc., in November 1993. The station's programming was also broadcast on WPKY-FM (104.9 MHz, now Providence, Kentucky-based WWKY-FM) from 1969 until that station became a separate entity by becoming a country music station after the 1993 sale.[2]
In 2016, the station and its translator was sold to Tiger Media from Commonwealth Broadcasting.[5] The previous owners took the station off the air in the previous year.[6] It resumed broadcasting under with its current format.
In September 2018, WPKY was sold to its current owner, Ham Broadcasting of nearby Cadiz, Kentucky.[7]
References
- ^ a b Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1965. p. B-65.
- ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 81. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPKY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WPKY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "STATION SALES WEEK OF 2/19". Radio Insight. February 19, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "WESTERN KENTUCKY DUO TO GO DARK". Radio Insight. July 24, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "STATION SALES WEEK OF 9/28". Radio Insight. September 28, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 50637 (WPKY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WPKY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 142591 (W277CK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W277CK at FCCdata.org