WKYX-FM

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WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. 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.[4]

WKYX-FM
Broadcast areaPaducah, Kentucky
Frequency94.3 MHz
BrandingSuper Talk 94.3
Programming
FormatNews–talk
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WBMP, WDDJ, WDXR, WKYQ, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK
History
First air date
November 22, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-11-22)
Former call signs
  • WXZB (1990)
  • WDXR-FM (1990–2002)
  • WPFX (2002)
  • WLIE (2002)
  • WLIE-FM (2002–2006)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID40647
ClassA
ERP3,100 watts
HAAT137 meters (449 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°14′4″N 88°29′48″W / 37.23444°N 88.49667°W / 37.23444; -88.49667
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewkyx.com
Simulcast
WNGO
Frequency1320 kHz
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
January 7, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-01-07)[2]
Former call signs
  • WIVR (1998–1999)
  • WKJM (1999–2004)
Call sign meaning
We Need God Only[2]: 77 
Technical information[3]
Facility ID71614
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 97 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
36°45′37″N 88°38′20″W / 36.76028°N 88.63889°W / 36.76028; -88.63889 (WNGO)
Translator(s)105.9 W290DF (Mayfield)
Links
Public license information

History

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WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo
 
WNGO AM 1320 & FM translator W238AN FM 95.5 former logo

History of WKYX-FM

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The station signed on the air at 94.3 FM on November 22, 1990, as WXZB. Before the year ended, the station changed its callsign to WDXR-FM. In 2002, the station briefly was recalled as WPFX, and then WLIE-FM shortly before the start of 2003. The current WKYX-FM callsign was adopted in 2006.

History of WNGO

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The station signed on the air on January 7, 1947, as Mayfield's second radio station to open after WKTM (1050 kHz) opened the previous year. WNGO was mostly a religious radio station, with local church minister H.M. Suthard and Paul Mullins as the original owners. Amazing Grace was the first song to be played on the station in its inaugural broadcast.[2]: 77 

The station would launch WNGO-FM (94.7 MHz, now WZYK) in 1955 in order to broadcast local sporting events at night. In 1957, the station was sold to West Kentucky Broadcasting Company. Operations of WKTM was merged with that of WNGO that year; the 1050 kHz frequency WKTM originally occupied was reassigned to WNES of Central City in 1960.[2]: 78 

The station's studios fell victim of flooding on two separate occasions in 1983.[2]: 78 

WKYX/WNGO merger

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Recent developments

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On December 26, 2022, WKYX 570 AM and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from the news/talk simulcast with WKYX-FM and WNGO.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKYX-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c d e Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNGO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "WKYX-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ "Hip Hop Beat Debuts in Paducah". Radioinsight. January 26, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
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