KYMK-FM

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KYMK-FM
Broadcast area Lafayette metropolitan area
Frequency 106.3 MHz
Branding106.3 Radio Lafayette
Programming
Format Alternative rock
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Charles Chatelain
  • (Delta Media Corporation)
KVOL, KFXZ, KFXZ-FM KLWB-FM, KOGM, KXKW-LD, KLWB KDCG-CD, KXKW-LP, KSLO-FM, KSLO
History
First air date
1985 (as KFXZ)
Former call signs
KFXZ (1985–2004)
KFXZ-FM (8/18/2004-8/26/2004)
KKSJ (2004–2008)
Call sign meaning
Jumbled representation of the word "Monkey" (former Hot AC branding)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 11605
Class A
ERP 2,100 watts
HAAT 105 meters (344 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1063radiolafayette.com

KYMK-FM (106.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station located in Maurice, Louisiana, broadcasting to the Lafayette, Louisiana area. KYMK airs an alternative rock music format branded as "106.3 Radio Lafayette." [2] [3] Pittman flipped 106.3 to urban contemporary (as "The Juice 106.3") in 2009. Before that, they flipped to Hot AC from Jones Radio Networks' Smooth Jazz format on Friday, March 28, 2008. On March 31, the station officially switched calls from KKSJ to KYMK. As a smooth jazz-formatted station, KKSJ was branded as "Smooth Jazz 106".

Contents

KYMK's studios are located on Evangeline Thruway in Carencro, and its transmitter is located southwest of Maurice in rural Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

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Current on-air staff

Leblanc - Mornings

Morgan Pierce - Middays and Homegrown (specialty show)

Brigette Rose - Afternoons

Clint Domingue - Weeknights and Saturdays

Tanya Ardoin - Sundays (specialty show)

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KYMK-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Brian 'Hammer' Panerali Joins 106.3 Radio Layfayette For Afternoons Radioinsight - August 24, 2022
  3. "10 Questions with ... Tanya Ardoin". allaccess.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

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