WNKW (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to Neon, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Thomas R. Abdoo and Quinn Bowling Box, through licensee Sunshine Media Group, LLC.[1]
| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Silent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | July 1, 1956 (as WNKY) |
Former call signs | WNKY (1956-1995) WEZC (1995-2006) WVSG (2006-2009) WGCK (2009-2011) WIZD (2012-2015) WUKB (2015-2018) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 37154 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°11′54″N 82°42′42″W / 37.19833°N 82.71167°W |
| Translator(s) | 105.9 W290DT (Neon) |
History edit
The station went on the air as WNKY on July 1, 1956. On August 31, 2006, the station changed its call sign to WVSG. On April 13, 2009, WVSG became WGCK, taking its callsign from sister station WGCK-FM, and then changed again to WIZD on February 8, 2011. As of July 21, 2015, was called WUKB.[2]
On June 1, 2018, the station changed its call sign to WNKW. It also broadcasts on an FM translator at 105.9 MHz.
References edit
- ^ "WNKW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WNKW Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links edit
- WNKW in the FCC AM station database
- WNKW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W290DT in the FCC FM station database
- W290DT at FCCdata.org
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