WKDP-FM
{{for|Corbin's AM radio station|WKDP (AM)}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WKDP-FM
| logo = File:WKDP 99.5 Corbin 2023.png
| logo_size = 150px
| area =
| branding = 99.5 KD Country
| frequency = 99.5 MHz
| repeater =
| airdate = 1967{{cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|location=Lexington, KY|publisher=Host Communications|pages=186–7|isbn=1-879688-93-X}}
| format = Country music
| power =
| erp = 50,000 watts
| haat = 216.0 meters
| class = C2
| facility_id = 19816
| coordinates = {{coord|36|57|14|N|83|58|41|W|region:US-KY|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WYGO-FM (1967–1989)
| former_frequencies = 99.3 MHz (1967–1987)
| owner = Eubanks family
| licensee = Eubanks Broadcasting, Inc.
| sister_stations = WKDP, WCTT, WCTT-FM
| webcast = no
| website = {{URL|https://wkdp.com/}}
| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WKDP-FM (99.5 FM) is a country music–formatted radio station licensed to Corbin, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by the Eubanks family as part of a quadropoly with WKDP (1330 AM), adult standards station WCTT (680 AM), and Top 40/CHR station WCTT-FM (107.3 FM).{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKDP-FM |title=WKDP-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} All four stations share studios on Adams Road northwest of Corbin in southern Laurel County, while its transmitter is located off US 25E near Gray.
History
The station signed on the air as WYGO-FM in 1967 on 99.3 MHz, with a MOR format. The format was upgraded to adult contemporary in 1984. Three years later, WYGO-FM would receive a significant signal upgrade in a move to 99.5 FM. On March 6, 1989, the station changed its call sign to the current WKDP and dropped its adult contemporary music format for its current country music. format.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19816&Callsign=WKDP |title=WKDP Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
As of 1989, the station simulcast its AM sister with a country music format.{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/1989/AL-MT-M-Street-1-1989.pdf|title=The M Street Radio Directory: 1989 Edition|page=128|publisher=RadioPhiles, Inc|date=1989|access-date=22 July 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|19816|WKDP-FM}}
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Category:Country radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1967
Category:1967 establishments in Kentucky
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