WAKY-FM

For the original WAKY-AM Top 40 music station in Louisville, see WKRD (AM).

WAKY-FM
City of license Radcliff, Kentucky
Broadcast area Louisville, Kentucky
Branding 103.5 WAKY
Frequency 103.5 MHz
First air date 1967
Format Classic Hits
Audience share 2.0 (Wi'08, R&R[1])
ERP 3,500 watts
HAAT 238.9 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 70495
Transmitter coordinates 37°52′45.00″N 85°43′3.00″W / 37.8791667°N 85.7175000°W
Callsign meaning WAcKY[2]
Former callsigns WUOX (1991-1992)
WLVK (1992-1995)
WASE (1995-2007)
WAKY (2007-2014)
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Owner W & B Broadcasting, Inc.
Webcast Listen Live
Website waky1035.com

WAKY-FM (103.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Radcliff, Kentucky, USA, and serving the Louisville area. The station is currently owned by W & B Broadcasting, Inc.[3] The station's studios are located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

History

The station went on the air as WUOX on 1991-11-01. On 1992-10-30, the station changed its call sign to WLVK, on 1995-07-17 to WASE, on 2007-05-11 to WAKY, and on 2014-12-03 to the current WAKY-FM.[4]

The WAKY calls and oldies format the station airs are an homage to Louisville's WAKY AM 790, a legendary and popular Top 40 music station from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. The original WAKY had its own stint as an oldies station from 1982 to 1986 and is now WKRD. Prior to adopting the WAKY calls, 103.5 FM also played oldies as WASE "Kool 103.5."

Since former competitor WRKA 103.1 FM dropped its classic hits format in favor of contemporary country music, WAKY-FM is now the only rock oldies station in the Louisville market.

References

  1. ↑ "Louisville Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
  2. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. ↑ "WAKY-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WAKY-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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