KNEK broadcasts at 1190 AM and is under ownership of

Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 8 ...

. It was a sister station of KNEK-FM until it was sold to

The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that temporarily owns 2 radio stations previously owned by Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel absorbed ABC Radio as well as 22 radio stations (not including ESPN Radio and Radio ...

upon merger of

Citadel Broadcasting Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country. Only iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media ...

and ABC Radio. After Citadel swapped KRDJ with KNEK-FM, they are now sister stations again. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. KNEK simulcasts sister station KNEK-FM, which broadcasts on the frequency of 104.7 FM. Its studios are located on Galbert Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located south of

Washington, Louisiana Washington is a village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 742 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Opelousas– Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Washington was the largest inland port between New Orl ...

. KNEK started as a country and western station owned by Dee Sylvester and had a popular radio personality named Cholly Charles in the mid-1980s. The station aired from 6 am to sunset playing country music and broadcasting local news and sports along with agricultural updates for the farmers of St. Landry Parish. Because it shares the same frequency as

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station

XEWK-AM XHWK-FM is a radio station on 101.5 FM near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It began in 1954 as a rebroadcaster of XEW-AM. History Cadena Radio Guadalajara, S.A., received the concession for XEWK-AM on 1190 kHz on October 28, 1954, though ...

at Guadalajara, Jalisco in

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, this station only operates during the daytime hours.

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Darnell's Black Radio Guide - Louisiana Stations
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