WYNG (FM)

WYNG

City	Mount Carmel, Illinois
Broadcast area	Evansville
Branding	WYNG 94.9
Slogan	A Better Mix Of Music, With Cardinals Baseball And Colts Football
Frequency	94.9 MHz
Format	Adult contemporary
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	128.0 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	56560
Transmitter coordinates	38°23′57.00″N 87°47′18.00″W / 38.3991667°N 87.7883333°W / 38.3991667; -87.7883333
Former callsigns	WYER-FM (1979–1989) WRBT (1989–1996) WTRI-FM (1996–2001) WKRI (2001–2003)
Owner	Withers Broadcasting Companies (sale to EMF Broadcasting pending) (WYNG, LLC)
Website	Official website

WYNG is a radio station licensed to Mount Carmel, Illinois and serving the Evansville, Indiana market at 94.9 FM. The current format is Adult contemporary.^[1]

History

WYNG acquired the 94.9 frequency in 2003 when the Regent Broadcasting changed frequencies and adopted a Country format. After stations WBKR and WKDQ were acquired from Clear Channel Communications by Regent Broadcasting,^[2] Regent decided to change WYNG's programming to an all Sports format – primarily using ESPN Radio syndicated programming.

On August 25, 2006, Regent sold WYNG to Withers Broadcasting Companies, a Mount Vernon, Illinois company that operates multiple radio/television stations in several states, including Kentucky, West Virginia, and Missouri.^[3]

ESPN's format was dropped as of January 1, 2007 and the ESPN affiliation moved to WYFX 106.7. Long time WGBF/WYNG sportscaster Dan Egierski is now Vice President of Evansville Sports Programming Inc., which is active in sales for WYFX.^[4]

WVMC (AM) has been added to their line-up of stations.

On January 11, 2016, WYNG, LLC. sold WYNG to EMF Broadcasting for $450,000 along with Iowa stations KOKX-FM and KRNQ; EMF will flip the station to its K-Love network upon the sale's closure.^[5]

Non-music operations

WYNG has an extensive news department providing news at the top of the hour between 6 A.M. and 6 P.M.^[6] However, most of the updates are not live. The transcript of the report is posted on their website daily. WYNG is a part of the St. Louis Cardinals radio network.^[6]

Previous logo

WYNG logo as an ESPN Radio affiliate, prior to 2007.

References

External links

WYNG's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYNG

Radio-Locator information on WYNG

Radio stations in the Evansville, Indiana market

By AM frequency	730 820 860 1180 1250 1280 1330 1400 1540 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.5 101.3 101.5 101.9 103.1 104.1 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	KIG76 WABX WBGW WBKR WBNL WCFY-LP WDKS WEUC WEOA WFMW WGAB WGBF WGBF-FM WIKY-FM WJLT WJPS WKDQ WKPB WKTG WKVN WLFW WMSK-FM WNIN-FM WPSR WQXQ WRAY WRAY-FM WRCY WRUL WSDM WSJD WSON WSON-FM WSTO WSWI WUCO WUEV WVHI WVJC WYIR-LP WYFX WYNG

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Hopkinsville Louisville Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Owensboro Paducah Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Kentucky

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Illinois

Stations	WAKO – Lawrenceville WBOW – Paris WCEZ – Carthage WDKB – DeKalb WDNL – Danville WEBQ-FM – Eldorado WGFA-FM – Watseka WGFB – Rockton WHMS – Champaign WISH-FM – Galatia WJDK – Seneca WJEK – Rantoul WKAY – Knoxville WLIT – Chicago WMOI – Monmouth WNOI – Flora WNSV – Nashville WPMB – Vandalia WPXN – Paxton WQCY – Quincy WSHE-FM – Chicago WSWT – Peoria WTYE – Robinson WXEF – Effingham WXFM – Mount Zion WYNG – Mount Carmel WZIM – Lexington WZSR – Woodstock

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

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