WKYA

Last updated
WKYA
Frequency 105.5 MHz
BrandingWKYA 105.5
Programming
Format Oldies
Ownership
OwnerRadio Active Media, Inc.
WNES, WXMZ
History
First air date
December 22, 1981;40 years ago (1981-12-22)
Former call signs
WGKY-FM (1979-1990)
WWHK (1990-1996)
Technical information
Facility ID 26491
Class A
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 91 meters
Transmitter coordinates
37°11′45″N87°12′38″W / 37.19583°N 87.21056°W / 37.19583; -87.21056

WKYA (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Greenville, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Radio Active Media, Inc. [1] and broadcasts an oldies format.

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The station’s studio (shared with sister station WNES and its translator W284AO) and transmitter is located on Everly Brothers Boulevard (U.S. Highway 62) near the Western Kentucky Parkway underpass southwest of Central City.

According to the 2015 FCC ownership report, the licensee is Andy Anderson, who also owns the Greenville Leader-News , the local newspaper. Andy Anderson is the son of the station's founder of the same name. [2]

History

The station went on the air as WGKY-FM on December 22, 1981. [3]

On July 9, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WWHK to reflect the new branding, “105.5 The Hawk”. Then in 1994, the station began simulcasting the adult contemoprary format with now-defunct sister station WAIA in nearby Hartford, in neighboring Ohio County. On October 1, 1996, the station’s callsign was changed to the current WKYA upon changing their format to country music. [4]

On February 1, 2004, WKYA discontinued their country format in favor of oldies.

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References

  1. "WKYA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Jowanna Bandy to retire June 28 after leading Andy Anderson Corp for 18 years - on Second Thought". 21 June 2019.
  3. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). ISBN   9781879688933 via World Radio History.
  4. "WKYA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.