WKNU

WKNU

City of license	Brewton, Alabama
Branding	Coyote Country
Frequency	106.3 MHz
First air date	August 19, 1974
Format	Country
ERP	3,800 watts
HAAT	127 meters (417 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	19430
Transmitter coordinates	31°6′42.00″N 87°1′17.00″W / 31.1116667°N 87.0213889°W / 31.1116667; -87.0213889
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	WKNU Radio Inc.

WKNU (106.3 FM, "Coyote Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Brewton, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by WKNU Radio Inc.

WKNU broadcasts a country music format that includes some programming from ABC Radio.^[1] In addition to its usual music programming, the station airs Major League Baseball games as an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network^[2] and Alabama Crimson Tide football as a member of the Crimson Tide Sports Network.^[3]

History

WKNU signed on as a new FM radio station broadcasting on 106.3 MHz with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power from an antenna at 100 feet in height above average terrain. The station was owned and operated by John E. Shipp Jr. The station's original format was primarily country & western music with some hours dedicated to top 40 music, rock music, and (on Sundays) religious music.

In September 1978, John E. Shipp Jr. reached an agreement to sell this station to Hugh L. Ellington. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 11, 1978.^[4]

In July 1983, Hugh L. Ellington applied to the FCC to transfer the license for WKNU to Ellington Radio Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 29, 1983.^[5]

In January 2007, Ellington Radio Inc. reached an agreement to sell this station to WKNU Radio Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 5, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on March 13, 2007.^[6]

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WKNU
• Radio-Locator information on WKNU
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKNU