WWKN

WWKN
City Morgantown, Kentucky
Broadcast area Butler County, Kentucky
Branding Sam FM
Frequency 99.1 MHz
First air date June 15, 2011 [1]
Format Adult Hits
Power 650 watts (0.65 kW) [2]
HAAT 226 feet (69 m)
Class A
Transmitter coordinates 37°13′38″N 86°41′54″W / 37.22722°N 86.69833°W / 37.22722; -86.69833
Callsign meaning W Western KeNtucky
Owner Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.[3]
Sister stations WKLX, WCDS, WHHT, WPTQ, WOVO, WWKU

WWKN (99.1 FM) is a radio station that is licensed to and serving Morgantown, Kentucky. The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. It broadcasts an Oldies format with 650 watts of effective radiated power from its transmitter located along Veterans Way (KY 70) near the Charles Black City Park in Morgantown. WWKN is a full-time repeater of Brownsville-licensed WKLX, which is based in Bowling Green.

This station is one of two radio stations based in Morgantown, the other being WLBQ-AM 1570 and its FM translator, W268CE (101.5 FM).

History

Although granted a construction permit in June 2008, the station didn't go on the air until about three years later. It signed on the air as a full-time repeater of WKLX, and has been repeating that station's signal ever since.

References

  1. ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=170956
  2. ↑ http://radiostationnet.com/fm/kentucky/WWKN/
  3. ↑ WWKN 99.1 FM: Sam FM in Morgantown, Kentucky | RadioStation.org Retrieved November 6, 2014.
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