WPBK

WPBK
City Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Broadcast area Lincoln County, Kentucky
Frequency 102.9 MHz
Format Variety
ERP 2,750 watts
HAAT 110.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 164242
Transmitter coordinates 37°25′39.00″N 84°39′21.00″W / 37.4275000°N 84.6558333°W / 37.4275000; -84.6558333
Callsign meaning "People's Bank of Kentucky"
Owner Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting Company Inc.
(Radioactive, LLC)
Webcast wpbkfm.com/live.asp
Website wpbkfm.com

WPBK (102.9 FM) is a local radio station serving Lincoln County, Kentucky. The city of license is Crab Orchard, Kentucky and offices and studios are located in the Arch "Buzz" Walker building in downtown Stanford, Kentucky. The transmitter is centrally located in the Highland community of Lincoln County.

WPBK is licensed to Radioactive, LLC but was brought to air and is operated by Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting Company Inc. under a local marketing agreement with a purchase option. The option was exercised in 2009 and an application for transfer of license to Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting was granted by the FCC on February 25, 2010. Final closing of the sale is expected to occur later in 2010.[1][2][3]

WPBK's final amended construction permit was granted November 27, 2007.[4][5] An application for a license to cover was submitted on January 7, 2008 and was granted on October 20, 2008.[6][7] The call sign WPBK stands for "People's Bank of Kentucky" stemming from a unique naming rights sponsorship arrangement with a local bank.[8]

All programing is locally originated and oriented to residents of Lincoln County and the surrounding communities. Programming mainstays are the "Jammin' with Jayme" morning show, an eclectic mix running from DJ banner to in-studio interviews with local personalities and newsmakers; "General Store", a call-in want-to-buy or sell bulletin board show; "The Higher Road Home" weekday late afternoons; and extensive coverage of local school and youth recreational league sports.

Chicago attorney Jonathan L. Smith, the sole owner of Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting Company Inc. is a Lincoln County native with a family history in radio. Smith's father Calvin Smith purchased Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting in 1969. Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting operated radio station WRSL in Stanford from sign-on in 1961 until 2006 when the license was moved to Corbin, Kentucky.[9][10] WPBK station manager/ "General Store" host Renee Knies and sales manager/ morning show host Jayme Phillips are both former WRSL employees[8] and the "General Store" is a reincarnation of the long running WRSL "General Store" program.

WPBK broadcasts are streamed live over the internet with most sports broadcasts and many in-studio interviews also made available as streaming archives. The station regularly hears from both expatriate Lincoln Countians and traveling Lincoln County residents listening from all over the globe.

References

  1. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  2. ↑ "Application Search Details", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  3. ↑ Taylor, Tom (October 6, 2009). "Wheeling and Dealing". Taylor on Radio-Info. Radio-Info.com. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  6. ↑ "Application for FM Broadcast Station License", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details", Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  8. 1 2 "About WPBK FM", WPBK Website, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  9. ↑ "History of Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting" WPBK Website, Retrieved March 5, 2010
  10. ↑ "Application Search Details" Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved March 5, 2010

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