WAYK
Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox radio station/styles.css has no content.
| Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content. | |
Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 105.9 MHz |
| Branding | WAY-FM 105.9/104.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian contemporary |
| Network | WAY-FM Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| WAYI | |
| History | |
First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
Former call signs | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
|
Call sign meaning | WAY-FM Kentucky |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 50764 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | 155 meters (509 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wayfm |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
WAYK (105.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Valley Station, Kentucky, United States, serving the Louisville metropolitan area as an owned-and-operated station of the WAY-FM Network. WAY-FM is also heard on WAYI (104.3 FM) in nearby Charlestown, Indiana.
History
It was assigned the call letters WVSL in 1991, while it was still a construction permit. The station was built and began testing its signal in the spring of 1993. The station officially signed on the air on September 1, 1993. It had an active rock format as "QMF Too," in reference to then-sister station WQMF (105.9 changed to the WQNF call letters).[2]
In July 1995, the station shifted to modern rock, rebranded as "Q105.9", and changed call sign to WXNU in December 1995.[3] The station would be sold to Cox Radio in the summer of 1995. On September 13, 1996, it flipped to Modern AC as "Hits 105.9", and later took the call sign WHTE.[4][5][6] This was short-lived; in August 1997, WRVI, its rock adult contemporary format, and "River" branding moved from 94.7 FM to 105.9.[7] The format would later shift to all-80s hits.
In August 1999, the station was sold to Salem Communications, the largest owner of Christian radio stations. It flipped to Contemporary Christian music, while retaining the "River" branding.[8][9][10] On May 2, 2011, WSYI rebranded as "Shine 105.9".
In 2008, WSYI was bought by Way-FM for $3 million.[11] The station changed its call sign to the current WAYK on December 19, 2013. The call letters refer to "Way-FM Kentucky," the branding for the Christian Adult Contemporary format airing on WAYK.
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WAYK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bahr, Bob (October 16, 1993). "Windsheild Wipers, Meat and Potatoes, and Hot Adults". The Courier-Journal. p. 49. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dorsey, Tom (December 6, 1995). "Ted Turner's CNN must face challenge of ABC and Fox". The Courier-Journal. p. 29. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "New format considered for WXNU," The Courier-Journal, September 10, 1996.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "Michael J. Fox's 'Spin City' is sure ABC hit," The Courier-Journal, September 17, 1996.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."R&R-1996-09-20" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "Kentucky businesses show their stuff and get a chance at the big time on QVC," The Courier-Journal, August 20, 1997.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "Louisville could add two religious radio stations," The Courier-Journal, June 10, 1999.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "Two radio stations in a rut after sale," The Courier-Journal, July 15, 1999.
- ^ Tom Dorsey, "Two stations will switch to Christian programs," The Courier-Journal, August 11, 1999.
- ^ Complete Television, Radio, Cable Directory 2015 page 580. Retrieved Jan. 15, 2025.
External links
- Shine 105.9 - Official Site
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- WAYK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
