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Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
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Frequency | 97.7 MHz |
Branding | ESPN 97.7 The Ref |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WSON, WMSK-FM, WUCO | |
History | |
First air date | April 9, 1976 [1] |
Former call signs | WHRZ (1976–2004) WWKY (2004–2017) [2] |
Technical information [3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 67479 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000 watts |
HAAT | 96 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°42′41″N87°31′43″W / 37.71139°N 87.52861°W |
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Public license information |
WREF (97.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sebree, Kentucky, United States, serving Hopkins and Webster counties, as well as the greater Evansville, Indiana, area. The station is owned by Henson Media, Inc.
The station's construction permit for a new radio station, originally licensed to Providence, Kentucky, was issued on May 22, 1975. [4] The started its first broadcast as WHRZ in April 1976, with former WOMI general manager Doug Gabby as manager of this station. Under original ownership by Tradewater Broadcasting Company, the station aired an adult contemporary format in its early years as the only radio station within Webster County boundaries. [5] : 100 The station became a country music- formatted station in 1983. [5] : 100
In 1991, the station's transmission was relocated near Dixon, Kentucky, with the opening of a second studio/office facility in Madisonville. [5] : 100
The station changed its callsign to WWKY (unrelated to the current WWKY-FM (104.9 MHz) in Providence) on July 14, 2004. [2]
On March 27, 2017, WWKY went silent. On April 13, 2017, WWKY, under current ownership by Henson Media, changed callsigns to WREF, and relocated its broadcast license location to Sebree, Kentucky, with studios in Henderson. The station resumed broadcasting June 1, 2017 with an ESPN Radio affiliation, branded as ESPN 97.7, The Ref. [6]
Rick Stevens was heard on weekdays from 9 until noon.
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