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WKYX-FM/WNGO/WBMP
Frequency WBMP: 570 kHz
WNGO: 1320 kHz
WKYX-FM: 94.3 MHz
BrandingWKYX-FM/WNGO:
Super Talk 94.3
WBMP: 102.5/100.9 The Beat
Programming
Format WKYX-FM/WNGO: News/talk
WBMP: Urban contemporary
AffiliationsWKYX-FM/WNGO: Fox News Radio
Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
WBMP: Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WDDJ, WDXR, WKYQ, WKYX-FM, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK
History
First air date
WBMP: 1946
WKYX-FM: November 22, 1990 (as WDXR-FM)
WNGO: January 7, 1947
Former call signs
WBMP: WKYX (1946-2023)
WKYX-FM:
WXZB (1990)
WDXR-FM (1990-2002)
WPFX (2002)
WLIE (2002)
WLIE-FM (2002-2006)
WNGO:
WIVR (1998-1999)
WKJM (1999-2004)
Technical information
Facility ID WBMP: 6874
WKYX-FM: 40647
WNGO: 71614
Class WBMP: B
WKYX-FM: A
WNGO: D
Power WBMP:
1,000 watts day
500 watts night
WNGO:
1,000 watts day
97 watts night
ERP WKYX-FM: 3,100 watts
HAAT WKYX-FM: 137 meters (449 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
WBMP:
37°0′53″N88°36′46″W / 37.01472°N 88.61278°W / 37.01472; -88.61278
WKYX-FM:
37°14′4″N88°29′48″W / 37.23444°N 88.49667°W / 37.23444; -88.49667
WNGO:
36°45′37″N88°38′20″W / 36.76028°N 88.63889°W / 36.76028; -88.63889
Translator(s) WBMP: 100.9 W265DZ (Mayfield)
WBMP: 102.5 W273CH (Paducah)
WNGO: 105.9 W290DF (Mayfield)
Links
Webcast WKYX-FM/WNGO: Listen Live
WBMP: Listen Live
WebsiteWKYX-FM/WNGO: wkyx.com
WBMP: paducahsbeat.com

WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, and WKYX-FM is licensed to serve Golconda, Illinois. WKYX-FM's programming is also heard on WNGO (1320 AM) in Mayfield, Kentucky. The stations are owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and feature programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Salem Radio Network, and Westwood One on WKYX-FM and WNGO and Compass Media Networks on WBMP. [1]

WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo WKYX NewsTalk94.3-570 logo.jpg
WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo
WNGO AM 1320 & FM translator W238AN FM 95.5 former logo WNGO NewsTalk95.5 logo.jpg
WNGO AM 1320 & FM translator W238AN FM 95.5 former logo

On December 26, 2022, WKYX 570 AM and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from the news/talk simulcast with WKYX-FM and WNGO and changed their format to urban contemporary, branded as "102.5/100.9 The Beat". WKYX also changed their call letters to WBMP on January 30, 2023. [2]

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References

  1. "WKYX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Hip Hop Beat Debuts in Paducah Radioinsight - January 26, 2023