WKYW (AM)

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Not to be confused with KYW, a newsradio station, or KYW-TV, also known as CBS 3, a television station, both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or WKY-TV, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
WKYW
CityFrankfort, Kentucky
Broadcast areaFrankfort
Shelbyville
Lexington Metro Area
Frequency1490 kHz
BrandingPop Radio 93.5
Programming
FormatHot adult contemporary
Ownership
OwnerCapCity Communications
(Southern Belle Licenses, LLC)
WFKY, WFRT-FM, WKYL, WVKY
History
First air date
1946 (1946) (as WFKY)
Former call signs
WFKY (1946–2007)
Technical information
Facility ID74609
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
38°12′12″N 84°54′49″W / 38.20333°N 84.91361°W / 38.20333; -84.91361Coordinates: 38°12′12″N 84°54′49″W / 38.20333°N 84.91361°W / 38.20333; -84.91361
Translator(s)93.5 W228CL (Frankfort)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitepopradioky.com

WKYW (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Frankfort, Kentucky, the station serves the capital city of Kentucky and parts of the nearby Lexington metropolitan area. The station is owned by CapCity Communications.[1] Its programming is simulcast on translator station W228CL (93.5 FM).

History[]

Prior to February 2011, the format was news/talk.[citation needed]

On March 18, 2013 WKYW changed their format to classic hits, branded as "Passport Radio 1490".

In 2015, FM translator W228CL began broadcasting on FM frequency 93.5 MHz as a simulcast of WKYW.

On April 1, 2021 WKYW and W228CL split from its simulcast with WFRT and WKYL and launched a hot adult contemporary format, branded as "Pop Radio 93.5".[2]

Translator[]

Broadcast translators of WKYW
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID		 ERP
(W)		 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W228CL 93.5 Frankfort, Kentucky 145358 250 D 38°13′18″N 84°54′54″W / 38.22167°N 84.91500°W / 38.22167; -84.91500 (W228CL) FCC LMS

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References[]

  1. ^ "WKYW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ Pop Radio Debuts In Frankfort Radioinsight - April 13, 2021

External links[]

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