WVKY
History
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The station was assigned the call sign WCKD on April 1, 1989. On July 8, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WCKP; it signed on September 30, 1989. The call letters were changed on August 31, 1992, to WTHQ, on May 17, 2002, to WIBL, on May 29, 2003, to WJZO, on December 13, 2005, to WXTF, on March 21, 2006, to WLPP, and on April 16, 2007, to WKRD-FM. Originally on 101.3 MHz, in 1996 WTHQ swapped frequencies with WMJM and moved to 101.7.
The station license was transferred to Aloha Station Trust LLC at the completion of the privatization of Clear Channel Communications, a forerunner of iHeartMedia, Inc., which owns seven stations in Louisville, including WHAS and WAMZ. The Aloha Station Trust temporarily operated the stations that Clear Channel was required to divest as a condition of the privatization transaction.
As a result of a sale from Aloha Station Trust LLC to Southern Belle LLC, on January 12, 2012, the station again changed its call sign, this time to WVKY.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVKY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WVKY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WVKY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-245. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ "Construction Permit Activity" (PDF). The M Street Journal. May 1, 1996. p. 3. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 60081 (WVKY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WVKY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database