WVKY (101.7
MHz
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) is a commercial
FM radio station
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licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shelbyville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,045 at the 2010 census.
History
Early history
The town of Shelbyville was established in October 1792 at the first m ...
, and serving eastern portions of the
Louisville metropolitan area. The station is owned by CapCity Communications under licensee Southern Belle, LLC.
It airs a
country music
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radio format
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which is
simulcast
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on 104.9
WFKY in
Frankfort. The station calls itself "Froggy 101.7 and 104.9," using a
frog
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as its
mascot
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.
History
The station was assigned the
call sign
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WCKD on April 1, 1989. On July 8, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WCKP;
it signed on September 30, 1989.
The call letters were changed on August 31, 1992, to WTHQ, on May 17, 2002, to WIBL, on May 29, 2003, to WJZO, on December 13, 2005, to WXTF, on March 21, 2006, to WLPP, and on April 16, 2007, to WKRD-FM.
Originally on 101.3 MHz, in 1996 WTHQ swapped frequencies with
WMJM
WMJM (101.3 FM "Magic 101.3") is an urban adult contemporary station licensed to Jeffersontown, Kentucky serving the Louisville metropolitan area owned and operated by Alpha Media. It currently carries the ''Steve Harvey'' Morning Show. The st ...
and moved to 101.7.
The station license was transferred to
Aloha Station Trust LLC at the completion of the privatization of
Clear Channel Communications, a forerunner of
iHeartMedia, Inc.
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, which owns seven stations in Louisville, including
WHAS and
WAMZ
WAMZ (97.5 FM) is a country music-formatted radio station located in Louisville, Kentucky. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. The station's studios are located in the central part of Watterson Park and the transmitter site is ...
. The Aloha Station Trust temporarily operated the stations that Clear Channel was required to divest as a condition of the privatization transaction.
As a result of a sale from Aloha Station Trust LLC to Southern Belle LLC, on January 12, 2012, the station again changed its call sign, this time to WVKY.
References
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Radio stations established in 1989
1989 establishments in Kentucky
Country radio stations in the United States
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