WKYW (1490
AM) is a
radio station broadcasting a
hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to
Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the prin ...
, the station serves the capital city of
Kentucky and parts of the nearby
Lexington metropolitan area. The station is owned by CapCity Communications. Its programming is simulcast on
translator station W228CL (93.5
FM).
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".
In 2015, FM translator W228CL began broadcasting on FM frequency 93.5 MHz as a simulcast of WKYW.
On April 1, 2021, WKYW and W228CL split from its simulcast with WFRT and WKYL and launched a hot adult contemporary format, branded as "Pop Radio 93.5".
Pop Radio Debuts In Frankfort
Radioinsight - April 13, 2021
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Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1946
1946 establishments in Kentucky
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