WKYW

Not to be confused with KYW, a newsradio station, or KYW-TV, also known as CBS-3, a television station, both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..

WKYW
City of license	Frankfort, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington Metro Area
Branding	Passport Radio 1490. Vintage. Eclectic.
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	1946
Format	Classic Hits
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	74609
Transmitter coordinates	38°12′12.00″N 84°54′49.00″W / 38.2033333°N 84.9136111°W / 38.2033333; -84.9136111
Owner	CapCity Communications (Southern Belle Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WSTV-FM, WFKY-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	passportradio1490.com

WKYW (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Frankfort, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by CapCity Communications.^[1]

History

Prior to February 2011, the format was News/talk.

On March 18, 2013 WKYW changed their format to classic hits, branded as "Passport Radio 1490".

↑ "WKYW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

Radio stations in the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, including the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.9 94.5 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.3 96.9 98.1 99.1 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.5 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	590 630 770 1110 1150 1230 1250 1300 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1550 1580

By callsign	KIH41 W219DM W280DO WBFC WBTF WBUL-FM WBVX WCBR WCDA WCGW WCYN WCYN-FM WCYO WEKU WEKY WFKY WGKS WHBN WHIR WIOK WIRV WJMM-FM WKQQ WKVO WKXO WKYL WKYW WLAI WLAP WLFX WLKT WLRT WLTO WLXG WLXO WLXX WMJR WMKY WMST WMXL WPBK WPTJ WRFL WRNZ WSEK WSTV-FM WUKY WVLK WVLK-FM WVRB WWRW WWTF WXKY-FM WXZZ WYGH

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.400 162.500 162.525

Kentucky radio markets Ashland Cincinnati, OH Lexington-Fayette Louisville Other Kentucky radio regions Bowling Green Hopkinsville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Classic Hits radio stations in Kentucky

By frequency	860 1490 1570 94.3 101.7 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.1 105.5 105.7

By callsign	WAKY-FM WAVJ WFXY WGHL WKYM WLBQ WLGC-FM WRND-FM WSON WWRW WXKQ-FM

By city	Greenup Henderson Middlesboro Monticello Morgantown Mount Sterling Oak Grove Princeton Radcliffe/Louisville Shepherdsville/Louisville Whitesburg

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also Oldies Classic Hits