WKYR-FM

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WKYR-FM
Frequency 107.9 MHz
BrandingRiver Country 107.9
Programming
Format Country music
Affiliations ABC Radio, Jones Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Connie Crabtree
  • (River Country Communications, LLC)
History
First air date
 1988 [1]
Former call signs
WKYI-FM (1988–1988)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73199
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 95.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 36°47′26″N85°22′47″W / 36.79056°N 85.37972°W / 36.79056; -85.37972
Links
Public license information
Webcast no
Website

WKYR-FM (107.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Burkesville, Kentucky, United States, it is owned by Connie Crabtree through licensee River Country Communications, LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network. [3]

Contents

History

WKYR-FM first signed on the air as WKYI-FM in 1988, before quickly changing calls to the current WKYR-FM. [4] The station was launched as a companion to the daytime-only AM station on 1570, which signed on December 15, 1975. WKYR-AM-FM were majority-owned by former WANY-AM-FM employee Ray Mullinix, later a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the Republican Party. [1] : 147  In September 1994, WKYR-AM was forced off the air due to an electrical fire that destroyed the original studio building; FM operations relocated into a mobile home in the aftermath. [1] : 147 

In the early 2000s, Mullinix would pass away, with his wife Elizabeth taking over ownership of the station. [5] Mrs. Mullinix would surrender the AM license and lease the FM station to Jessie Crabtree in 2004, with them purchasing the station in 2007. In 2015, the station would again be sold, this time to current owner Connie Crabtree. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nash, Francis M. (1995). "Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and Television in the Bluegrass State" (PDF). Kentucky Broadcasters Association and Host Communications. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKYR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WKYR-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WKYR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ Mullinix, Elizabeth (9 November 2004). "FCC 323 Ownership for Commercial Broadcast Stations". Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "We're all About Community". WKYR-FM. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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