WKDP (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKDP

| logo =

| city = Corbin, Kentucky

| area =

| branding =

| frequency = 1330 kHz

| repeater =

| translator = W250CL (97.9 MHz, Corbin)

| airdate = November 1961{{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 =

| power = 5,000 watts day
16 watts night

| erp =

| licensing_authority = FCC

| class = D

| facility_id = 19815

| coordinates = {{coord|36|56|20|N|84|4|44|W|region:US_type:city}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WYGO (1961–1989)

| owner = Eubanks family

| licensee = Eubanks Broadcasting, Inc.

| sister_stations = WKDP-FM, WCTT (AM), WCTT-FM

| webcast =

| website =

| affiliations = Motor Racing Network{{cite web|url=https://www.mrn.com/radio-affiliates/|title=Radio Partners|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=24 July 2022}}
Performance Racing Network{{cite web|url=https://www.goprn.com/affiliates/station_listings/sprint-cup-series-affiliates.html|title=NASCAR Cup Series Affiliates|publisher=Performance Racing Network|date=5 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022}}

}}

WKDP (1330 AM) is a radio station licensed to Corbin, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by the Eubanks family as part of a quadropoly with adult standards station WCTT (680 AM), country music station WKDP-FM (99.5 FM), and adult contemporary music station WCTT-FM (107.3 FM). All four stations share studios on Adams Road adjacent to I-75 northwest of Corbin in southern Laurel County, while its transmitter is located off Combs Road in eastern Corbin.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WKDP |title=WKDP Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

In addition to its primary AM signal, WKDP is repeated on an FM translator: W250CL (97.7 MHz). That station's transmitter is co-located with the studios on Adams Road.

History

WKDP signed on-the-air in November 1961 as WYGO. The station was founded by Tri-County Broadcasting, led by Don Mills and Cal Smith. In 1965, the station would be sold to James C. Vernon. An FM counterpart would sign on in 1967 at 99.3 MHz (now 99.5). At this time, the station aired a format consisting of pop and rock, with programming from ABC.

By 1989, WKDP broadcast 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}} Major changes would come to the station that year. Vernon sold WYGO-AM-FM to local businessman Dallas Eubanks, who changed the stations' call letters to the current WKDP. Eubanks would also split the shared format with its FM sister and began broadcasting oldies.{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/1991/AL-MT-M-Street-3-1991.pdf|title=The M Street Radio Directory|publisher=M Street Corporation|editor-last=Unmacht|editor-first=Robert|date=1991|access-date=22 July 2022}}

References

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Category:Radio stations established in 1961

Category:1961 establishments in Kentucky

Category:Corbin, Kentucky