WAKY-FM

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WAKY-FM
Simulcast with WAKY (AM) Louisville
Broadcast area Louisville metropolitan area
Frequency 103.5 MHz
Branding103.5 WAKY
Programming
Format Classic Hits
Affiliations University of Kentucky Wildcats
Ownership
OwnerW & B Broadcasting, Inc.
WAKY
History
First air date
November 1, 1991;33 years ago (1991-11-01)
Former call signs
  • WUOX (1991–1992)
  • WLVK (1992–1995)
  • WASE (1995–2007)
  • WAKY (2007–2014)
Call sign meaning
"Wacky" [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 70495
Class C3
ERP 3,500 watts
HAAT 238.9 meters (784 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°52′45″N85°43′3″W / 37.87917°N 85.71750°W / 37.87917; -85.71750
Links
Public license information
Website wakyradio.com

WAKY-FM (103.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Radcliff, Kentucky, and serving the Louisville metropolitan area. It airs a classic hits format and is owned by W & B Broadcasting, Inc. [3] It carries University of Kentucky Wildcasts football and basketball. The studios are on Ring Road in Elizabethtown.

Contents

WAKY-FM is a Class C3 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,500 watts. The transmitter is off Collings Hill Road in Lebanon Junction. The signal is concentrated on the suburbs south of Louisville. Programming is simulcast on WAKY 620 AM and on three FM translators at 100.1, 104.5 and 106.3 MHz around the Louisville area.

History

The station signed on the air on November 1, 1991;33 years ago. The original call sign was WUOX. On October 30, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WLVK, on July 17, 1995, to WASE, on May 11, 2007, to WAKY, and on December 3, 2014, to the current WAKY-FM. [4]

The WAKY call letters and classic hits format used on 103.5 FM and 620 AM are an homage to Louisville's legendary station WAKY, then on 790 AM. It had been a Top 40 contemporary music station from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. The original WAKY later became an oldies station from 1982 to 1986 and is now Fox Sports Radio affiliate WKRD. Prior to adopting the WAKY-FM call sign, 103.5 FM also played oldies as WASE "Kool 103.5".

Since former competitor WRKA (103.1 FM) dropped its classic hits format in favor of country music, WAKY-FM is now the only mainstream classic hits station in the Louisville market playing the pop hits of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Currently, the WAKY-AM-FM studios are south of the Fort Knox Army Reservation in Radcliff, Kentucky, about 27 miles south of Louisville.

Logo before 104.9 and 106.3 translator sign ons WAKY 103.5WAKY logo.jpg
Logo before 104.9 and 106.3 translator sign ons

Translators

WAKY-AM-FM programming is also heard on three FM translators:

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WAKY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WAKY-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WAKY-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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