WVLK-FM

Last updated
WVLK-FM
WVLK K 92.9 logo.png
Broadcast area Lexington Metro Area
Central Kentucky
Frequency 92.9 MHz
BrandingK 92.9
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
WLXX, WLTO, WVLK, WXZZ
History
First air date
1962;62 years ago (1962) (as WVLK-FM)
Former call signs
WVLK-FM (1961–2003)
WLXX (2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
"Voice of Lexington, Kentucky"
Technical information
Facility ID 27417
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 259 meters (850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°2′22″N84°24′11″W / 38.03944°N 84.40306°W / 38.03944; -84.40306
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website k929fm.com

WVLK-FM (92.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Lexington, Kentucky, and owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky. [1] The station's studios and offices are located inside Kincaid Towers in downtown Lexington.

Contents

WVLK-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter is along Winchester Road (U.S. Route 60). [2] With a nearly 100-mile radius coverage area, it can be picked up in the Louisville metropolitan area in the west and Morehead to the east. It can also be received in the Northern Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati and as far south as Corbin.

History

Beautiful music and country

The station was first licensed as WVLK-FM on March 9, 1962. [3] It began as a beautiful music station, playing 15 minute sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs. It was owned by WVLK Radio, Inc., along with its sister station, AM 590 WVLK.

In the 1980s, the station switched to country music but still kept its WVLK-FM call letters. On September 29, 2003, the station changed its call sign to WLXX. [4] It wanted to establish an identity separate from 590 WVLK.

Nash-FM

On May 24, 2013, at 12:00PM, WLXX rebranded as "Nash FM 92.9". Nash FM is part of parent company Cumulus Media's national branding for many of its country music stations as well as publications and other platforms. On September 4, 2020, WLXX changed its call letters back to WVLK-FM.

It dropped Nash FM and was rebranded as "K 92.9", bringing back its heritage brand after 16 years. [5] The WLXX call sign was moved to co-owned 101.5 JACK FM, which previously had been using WVLK-FM as its call letters.

Previous logos

Related Research Articles

WKHX-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Marietta, Georgia, featuring a country music format known as "New Country 101.Five". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. WKHX-FM's studios are located in Sandy Springs, while the transmitter is located west of Emory University, in unincorporated DeKalb County. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKHX-FM broadcasts in HD Radio, and is available online.

WSM-FM is a radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a country music format, with an emphasis on recordings released since the 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WTPA-FM</span> Radio station in Pennsylvania, United States

WTPA-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a classic rock format. Its broadcast tower is located on Reesers Summit in Fairview Township, York County, at.

KCMO-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Shawnee, Kansas, and serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Broadcasting and airs a classic hits radio format, switching to all-Christmas music from mid-November to December 25. KCMO-FM's studios and offices are located in the Corporate Woods area in Overland Park, Kansas. The transmitter is off Menown Avenue in Independence, Missouri.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KKOB-FM</span> News/talk radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico

KKOB-FM is a commercial radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it simulcasts a news/talk radio format with co-owned KKOB 770 AM. The studios and offices are on 4th Street NW in downtown Albuquerque. KKOB-AM-FM use the FM station's dial position for the moniker "96.3 News Radio KKOB".

KATC-FM is a commercial radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The station has been broadcasting a country music format since 2006 and its on-air moniker is Cat Country 95.1. The station is owned and operated by Cumulus Media, with its studios and offices on Commerce Drive. Its transmitter is located near Cheyenne Mountain State Park. Programming is also heard on 30 watt translator station K285EE at 104.9 MHz in Canon City, Colorado.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KRST</span> Radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico

KRST is a commercial FM radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a country music radio format. The radio studios and offices are located in Downtown Albuquerque.

KLVP is a non-profit radio station licensed to Aloha, Oregon, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. The station is owned, and the broadcast license held, by the Educational Media Foundation. It airs the national contemporary Christian radio format known as "K-Love."

WHLL – branded as Nueva 98.1 – is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language latin pop format licensed to Springfield, Massachusetts. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the Springfield metropolitan area; and the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. The WHLL studios are located at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, alongside sister stations WMAS-FM and WWEI, while the station transmitter, shared with WMAS-FM, resides in Springfield's Brightwood neighborhood. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WHLL simulcasts over low-power analog Springfield translator W251CT (98.1 FM) and on the second HD Radio channel of WMAS-FM, and streams online via Audacy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KVYB</span> Californian radio station

KVYB is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Oak View, California, United States, and serves the Oxnard—Ventura, California area. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR) format.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KBUL-FM</span> Country music radio station in Reno, Nevada

KBUL-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Carson City, Nevada, and serving the Reno metropolitan area. KBUL-FM airs a country music radio format, known as "K-BULL," and is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios and offices are located on Plumb Lane in South Reno.

WWFN-FM is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Marion, South Carolina, United States, the station serves the Florence area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KJJY</span> Radio station in West Des Moines, Iowa

KJJY is a commercial FM radio station licensed to West Des Moines and serving Central Iowa. Cumulus Media owns two country music outlets in the Des Moines radio market, KJJY and 97.3 KHKI. KHKI plays mostly current and recent country hits, while KJJY's playlist goes from current releases to the 1980s and 90s. The radio studio and offices are located on 109th Street in Urbandale.

WVLK is a commercial AM radio station in Lexington, Kentucky. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a news/talk format. The studios are inside Kincaid Towers on West Vine Street in downtown Lexington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WLXX</span> Radio station in Richmond, Kentucky

WLXX is a commercial radio station licensed to Richmond, Kentucky, and serving the Lexington metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. It subscribes to the nationally syndicated JACK FM radio service, using the slogan "Playing What We Want!" The playlist is mostly rock hits from the 1980s, '90s and early 2000s, but includes pop and novelty hits from the last 50 years. Unlike most music stations, WLXX does not have DJs, but uses the prerecorded voice of Howard Cogan to make humorous and sometimes sarcastic quips. The station Program Director is Anthony "Twitch" Longo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WBVX</span> Radio station in Carlisle, Kentucky

WBVX is a classic rock–formatted radio station licensed to Carisle, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Lexington metropolitan area and Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. The station is currently owned by LM Communications part of a conglomerate with Lexington–licensed ESPN Radio–affiliated sports radio station WLXG, Paris–licensed classic hits station WGKS, Versailles–licensed Adult Top 40 station WCDA, and Midway–licensed urban contemporary station WBTF. The station's studios are located at Triangle Center in downtown Lexington, and its transmitter is located in far northeast Fayette County, Kentucky.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WHHT</span> Radio station in Cave City, Kentucky

WHHT is a radio station licensed to Cave City, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting through licensee Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.

WLXO is a radio station with a classic country format. Licensed to Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Lexington-Fayette metro area. The station is currently owned by Clarity Communications, Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WPKR</span> Radio station in Omro, Wisconsin

WPKR is a country music radio station licensed to Omro, Wisconsin, that serves the Oshkosh, Appleton and Fond du Lac areas. It started as a simulcast of Green Bay-based country music station WPCK. Since then it has split off and is its own entity. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. WPKR's studios are located on Washburn Street in Oshkosh, while its transmitter is near Rosendale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nash (brand)</span> Media brand and network owned by Cumulus Media in the United States

Nash is a media brand owned by Cumulus Media. It covers country music-related properties owned by Cumulus, including radio stations, digital properties and publications, Nash TV, concerts promoted by Nash FM stations, and associated programming syndicated by Westwood One—including The Ty Bentli Show, Nash Nights Live with Shawn Parr and The Blair Garner Show. The Lia Show, which has been separately syndicated by Westwood One in the evening hours, will replace Garner in August 2020. Its name comes from Nashville, Tennessee, the center of the commercial country music industry in the United States, which in turn was named for colonial-era politician and Continental Army General Francis Nash. The Nash FM branding is similar to the Hank FM branding in that these stations play over 1000 songs as opposed to other stations which play 300 to 600 songs.

References

  1. "WVLK-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WVLK-FM
  3. Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-91
  4. "WVLK-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. Lexington Drops Nash Branding To Return To Its Heritage