WBMP (AM)

Last updated
WBMP
Frequency 570 kHz
Branding102.5–100.9 The Beat
Programming
Format Urban contemporary
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WDDJ, WDXR, WKYQ, WKYX-FM, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK
History
First air date
November 27, 1946;77 years ago (1946-11-27)
Former call signs
  • WKYB (1946–1964)
  • WKYX (1964–2023)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 6874
Class B
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 37°0′53″N88°36′46″W / 37.01472°N 88.61278°W / 37.01472; -88.61278
Translator(s)
  • 100.9 W265DZ (Mayfield)
  • 102.5 W273CH (Paducah)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website paducahsbeat.com

WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from Compass Media Networks. [2]

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History

WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo WKYX NewsTalk94.3-570 logo.jpg
WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo

The station signed on November 27, 1946, as WKYB, a daytime-only station operating at 800 kHz; [3] its first license was issued on January 16, 1947. [4] The station was owned by the Paducah Sun-Democrat ; [3] this marked the newspaper's return to broadcasting, as it operated WIAR in the 1920s. [5] On January 19, 1951, WKYB moved to 570 kHz; this allowed it to operate at night. [6] Paducah Newspapers sold WKYB to Bruce Barrington, owner of WEW in St. Louis, in 1957; the sale came as the company prepared to launch television station WPSD-TV. [7]

WKYB, along with WKYB-FM 93.3, was sold to Arthur C. Shofield for $140,000 in 1962. [8] The call sign was changed to WKYX on September 18, 1964. [4] In May 1965, Shofield was fined $250 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for allowing Nationwide Stations to operate the station from 1962 to 1964 without FCC approval, and for not reporting a sale of 20 percent of the station to Raymond F. Damgen. [9] Later that year, the station was transferred to KICKS of Kentucky; Shofield retained 40 percent of the new company, with George G. Beasley, William R. Britt, and WKYX manager James E. Harrelson each acquiring 20 percent stakes. [10] W. L. Nininger and C. Edward Wright, owners of WFHG in Bristol, Virginia; WKOY in Bluefield, West Virginia; and WKAZ in Charleston, West Virginia, bought WKYX for $200,000 in 1971. [11]

On December 26, 2022, WKYX and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from a news/talk simulcast with sister stations WKYX-FM and WNGO and changed their format to urban contemporary, branded as "102.5/100.9 The Beat". WKYX also changed its call sign to WBMP on January 30, 2023. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WBMP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WBMP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. 1 2 "It Happened In Kentucky". Kentucky New Era . Associated Press. November 27, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "WKYX (WBMP) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Hold Services For E. J. Paxton". The Southeast Missourian . Associated Press. July 14, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "It Happened In Kentucky". Kentucky New Era . Associated Press. January 17, 1951. p. 4. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ "It Happened In Kentucky". Kentucky New Era . Associated Press. April 10, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Changing hands". Broadcasting . March 26, 1962. p. 138.
  9. ↑ "Ky. station fined, amount is reduced". Broadcasting . May 10, 1965. p. 54.
  10. ↑ "Ownership changes". Broadcasting . May 24, 1965. p. 97.
  11. ↑ "Changing hands". Broadcasting . October 25, 1971. p. 25.
  12. ↑ Hip Hop Beat Debuts in Paducah Radioinsight - January 26, 2023


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