WWKY

WWKY
City of license	Providence, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Evansville, Indiana
Branding	Howdy 97.7
Frequency	97.7 FM MHz
First air date	1952
Format	Country
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (328 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	67479
Transmitter coordinates	37°24′52″N 87°34′23″W / 37.41444°N 87.57306°W / 37.41444; -87.57306
Callsign meaning	W Winchester, KentuckY (original city of license)
Former callsigns	WHRZ^[1]
Owner	Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (Hopkins-Webster CBC, Inc.)
Sister stations	WAVJ, WPKY, WTTL, WTTL-FM

WWKY (97.7 FM, "Howdy 97.7") is a radio station licensed to Providence, Kentucky, USA, serving Hopkins and Webster counties, as well as the greater Evansville, Indiana, area. The station is owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation and licensed to Hopkins-Webster CBC, Inc. It broadcasts a country music format.

The station has been assigned the call letters WWKY by the Federal Communications Commission since July 14, 2004.^[1] WWKY was originally licensed to Winchester, Kentucky, circa 1952, and operated on the AM band at 1380 kHz. In December 1983, the station was sold to the owners of WFMI, which was the competing FM station in that city at the time. The new owners subsequently changing WWKY's format from adult contemporary to a specialized news format, geared towards Kentucky's horse industry, with a call sign change to WHRS. From 1989 to 2001, the call letters WWKY were assigned to Louisville, Kentucky at 790 kHz, which had formerly been WAKY. WWKY started in the Louisville market as a country station. By 1991, however, the format was more a mix of country and news/talk. Music was dropped entirely in 2001, and the station changed its call sign to WXXA.

Programming

Rick Stevens can be heard on weekdays from 9 until noon.

Howdy-FM covers local news of Madisonville and Hopkins County with Boyce Tate. It is heard weekdays 6-9 am, at noon, and at 4 and 5 pm.

WWKY-FM is the sports voice of Webster County High School, the University of Kentucky and the Tennessee Titans.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WWKY

Radio-Locator information on WWKY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWKY

Country radio stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WAIN-FM – Columbia WAMZ – Louisville WANY – Albany WANY-FM – Albany WAVJ – Princeton WBIO – Philpot WBKR – Owensboro WBRT – Bardstown WBUL – Lexington WBVR – Auburn WCBL – Benton WCCK – Calvert City WCPM – Cumberland WCYN – Cynthiana WCYO – Irvine WDGG – Ashland WDHR – Pikeville WEKG – Jackson WEZJ-FM – Williamsburg WFKN – Franklin WFKY – Frankfort WFLE – Flemingsburg WFLE-FM – Flemingsburg WFMW – Madisonville WFTG – London WGGC – Bowling Green WGKY – Wickliffe WGOH – Grayson WGRK-FM – Greensburg WHBN – Harrodsburg WHSX – Edmonton WIKI – Carrollton WJKY – Jamestown WJRS – Jamestown WKCA – Salt Lick WKDO – Liberty WKDO-FM – Liberty WKDP-FM – Corbin WKDQ – Henderson WKDZ – Cadiz WKKS – Vanceburg WKLB – Manchester WKMO – Lebanon Junction WKVN – Morganfield WKWY – Tompkinsville WKYA – Greenville WKYQ – Paducah WKYR – Burkesville WLBQ – Morgantown WLKS-FM – West Liberty WLLE – Mayfield WLOC – Munfordville WLSI – Pikeville WLSK – Lebanon WLVK – Fort Knox WLXO – Stamping Ground WLXX – Lexington WLYE – Glasgow WMDJ – Allen WMJL – Marion WMKZ – Monticello WMMG – Brandenburg WMMG-FM – Brandenburg WMSK-FM – Sturgis WNES – Central City WNKR – Williamstown WPKY – Princeton WQNU – Lyndon WRKA – Louisville WRLV-FM – Salyersville WRUS – Russellville WRVK – Mount Vernon WSEK – Burnside WSGS – Hazard WSIP – Paintsville WSKV – Stanton WTKY – Tompkinsville WTKY-FM – Tompkinsville WUCO – Morganfield WULF – Hardinsburg WVKY – Shelbyville WVLC – Mannsville WVLE – Scottsville WVVR – Hopkinsville WWAG – Mckee WWEL – London WWKY – Providence WXAM – Buffalo WXBC – Hardinsburg WYGY – Fort Thomas WXMZ – Hartford WZAQ – Louisa

Defunct:	WFUL – Fulton

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

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