WAKY-FM

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WAKY-FM
Simulcast with WAKY (AM) Louisville
Broadcast area Louisville, Kentucky
Frequency 103.5 MHz
Branding103.5 WAKY
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
OwnerW & B Broadcasting, Inc.
WAKY
History
First air date
1991 (1991)
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 radio station licensed to Radcliff, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Louisville, Kentucky area. The station is owned by W & B Broadcasting, Inc. [3] The station's studios are located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It also broadcasts Kentucky Wildcats football and basketball games during the fall and winter months. WAKY-FM is also simulcast on WAKY (620 AM), and FM translators W261CO (100.1 FM) and 106.3 W292FS (106.3 FM) in Louisville. W261CO serves Louisville inside the Interstate 264 (Watterson/Shawnee Expressway) corridor (along with New Albany, Clarksville, and Jeffersonville in Southern Indiana), while 106.3 W292FS serves Jeffersontown and Lake Forest.

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History

The station went on the air as WUOX on November 1, 1991. 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 calls and oldies format the station airs are an homage to Louisville's WAKY (790 AM), a Top 40 music station from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. The original WAKY had its own stint as an oldies station from 1982 to 1986 and is now WKRD. Prior to adopting the WAKY calls, 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 contemporary country music, WAKY-FM is now the only rock oldies station in the Louisville market.

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

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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.