WPKY

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WPKY

| logo =

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Princeton, Kentucky

| area = {{ubl|Eddyville, Kentucky|Providence, Kentucky}}

| branding = WPKY 103.3/1580

| frequency = 1580 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|103.3|W277CK|Princeton}}

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1950|03|15}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook|year=1965|page=B-65|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, D.C.}}{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933|page=81}}

| format = Classic hits

| power = {{ubl|250 watts day|9 watts night}}

| class = D

| facility_id = 50637

| coordinates = {{coord|37|7|14|N|87|51|31|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = Princeton, Kentucky

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = Fox News Radio

| owner = Beth Mann

| licensee = Ham Broadcasting Company, Inc.

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [https://us7.maindigitalstream.com/4434/ Listen Live]

| website = [http://wpkyonline.com wpkyonline.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WPKY (1580 AM) is a radio station licensed to Princeton, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Beth Mann, through licensee Ham Broadcasting.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WPKY |title=WPKY Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

History

The station began broadcasting on March 15, 1950{{r|by65}} under ownership of Leslie Goodaker, a former engineer at Owensboro's WOMI. He and his wife, Mayme, operated the station for more than first four decades on the air until selling the station to DART, Inc., in November 1993. The station's programming was also broadcast on WPKY-FM (104.9 MHz, now Providence, Kentucky-based WWKY-FM) from 1969 until that station became a separate entity by becoming a country music station after the 1993 sale.{{r|nash}}

In 2016, the station and its translator was sold to Tiger Media from Commonwealth Broadcasting.{{cite news|title=STATION SALES WEEK OF 2/19|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/105061/station-sales-week-of-219/|work=Radio Insight|date=February 19, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2024}} The previous owners took the station off the air in the previous year.{{cite news|title=WESTERN KENTUCKY DUO TO GO DARK|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/93826/western-kentucky-duo-to-go-dark/|work=Radio Insight|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=June 14, 2024}} It resumed broadcasting under with its current format.

In September 2018, WPKY was sold to its current owner, Ham Broadcasting of nearby Cadiz, Kentucky.{{cite news|title=STATION SALES WEEK OF 9/28|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/170860/station-sales-week-of-9-28/|work=Radio Insight|date=September 28, 2018|access-date=June 14, 2024}}

References

External links

{{FCC-LMS-Facility|142591|W277CK}}
{{FXL|W277CK}}

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Category:Princeton, Kentucky

Category:1950 establishments in Kentucky

Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1950