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]
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| Broadcast area | Paducah, Kentucky |
| Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
| Branding | Super Talk 94.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News–talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| WBMP, WDDJ, WDXR, WKYQ, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK | |
| History | |
First air date | November 22, 1990 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40647 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,100 watts |
| HAAT | 137 meters (449 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°14′4″N 88°29′48″W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wkyx.com |
| Simulcast | |
| WNGO | |
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| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | January 7, 1947[2] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | We Need God Only[2]: 77 |
| Technical information[3] | |
| Facility ID | 71614 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°45′37″N 88°38′20″W |
| Translator(s) | 105.9 W290DF (Mayfield) |
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Public license information | |
History
History of WKYX-FM
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
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
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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