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(Redirected from W261CO) Radio station in Louisville, Kentucky For the original WAKY in Louisville, see WKRD (AM).

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WAKY
Simulcast with WAKY-FM Radcliff
Broadcast areaLouisville metropolitan area
Frequency620 kHz
Branding103.5 WAKY
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
AffiliationsUniversity of Kentucky Wildcats
Ownership
Owner
  • William Walters, Michael Baldwin and Rene' Bell
  • (W & B Broadcasting Co., Inc.)
Sister stationsWAKY-FM
History
First air dateAugust 10, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08-10) (as WTMT)
Former call signs
  • WTMT (1958–2006)
  • WTUV (2006–2015)
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID30798
ClassB
Power500 watts
Transmitter coordinates38°18′59″N 85°42′08″W / 38.31639°N 85.70222°W / 38.31639; -85.70222
Translator(s)
  • 100.1 W261CO (Louisville)
  • 104.9 W285ER (Prospect)
  • 106.3 W292FS (Louisville)
Links
Public license information
Websitewakyradio.com

WAKY (620 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky, that simulcasts a classic hits format with sister station WAKY-FM (103.5 MHz). It is owned by William Walters, through licensee W & B Broadcasting Co., Inc. WAKY-AM-FM carry University of Kentucky Wildcasts football and basketball. The studios are on Ring Road in Elizabethtown.

WAKY is a Class B station powered at 500 watts. To protect other stations on 620 AM from interference, it has a directional antenna, using a three-tower array by day and a five-tower array at night. The transmitter towers are along Lutz Lane in the Oak Park neighborhood of Jeffersonville, Indiana. In addition to 103.5 FM and 620 AM, programming is also heard on three FM translators: 100.1 W261CO in Louisville, 104.3 W285ER in Prospect and 106.3 W292FS, also in Louisville.

History

AM 620 signed on the air on August 10, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08-10). Its original call sign was WTMT and it was owned by Jefferson Broadcasting. In its early years, it was an affiliate of ABC Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System. For much of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, WTMT aired a country music format. In the 1990s, as radio listeners moved to the FM dial to hear music, WTMT flipped to a sports radio format.

In 2005, 620 AM switched its call letters to WTUV. It shared a significant portion of Spanish-language programming with sister station WTUV-FM (105.7). In May 2015, WTUV-FM was sold to UB Louisville and became English-language sports radio station WHBE-FM.

AM 620 was assigned the WAKY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 1, 2015. On May 3, 2015, it became a simulcast of WAKY-FM, rebroadcasting its classic hits format. The WAKY call letters are evocative of the famous WAKY (790 kHz), a nationally influential Top 40 music station in Louisville under several owners, including Gordon McLendon, Multimedia and LIN Broadcasting. The Top 40 hits played on the old WAKY from 1958 to late 1985.

Currently, the WAKY-AM-FM studios are south of the Fort Knox Army Reservation in Radcliff, Kentucky, about 27 miles south of Louisville. The WAKY AM transmitter and antenna are located in the Oak Park area of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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Logo before 104.9 and 106.3 translator sign ons

Translators

WAKY-AM-FM programming is also heard on three FM translators:

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WAKY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WAKY-AM
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-159. Retrieved Jan. 16, 2025.
  4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-85. Retrieved Jan. 16, 2025.

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