WTKY: 1370 kHz
WTKY-FM: 92.1 MHz
Branding
Kix Country WTKY 1370 AM/92.1 FM
Programming
Country
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
WTKY: 1960; 64 years ago (1960)
WTKY-FM: 1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Call sign meaning
Tompkinsville, Kentucky
Technical information
72293
A (FM)
D (AM)
WTKY: 2,100 watts daytime
WTKY-FM: 5,300 watts
107.0 meters (FM)
Transmitter coordinates
36°49′7″N 85°39′32″W / 36.81861°N 85.65889°W / 36.81861; -85.65889
WTKY (1370 AM) and WTKY-FM (92.1 FM) are radio stations broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to and serving Tompkinsville, Kentucky, United States, the stations are currently owned by Jonathan Keeton, through licensee Frank Keeton Aircasters, Inc.[1]
The stations broadcast from studios, shared with sister station WKWY, located at 341 Radio Station Road (KY 1049) just east of Tompkinsville.
WTKY began broadcasting at 1370 kilohertz on 1960 under ownership of WMCV. Inc., which would sell the station for $20,000 to J.K. and Bernice Whitmore in 1970. The following year, WTKY-FM began operations at 92 1 megahertz. The Whitmore couple would operate the stations for six year until they automated the stations from 1976 until 1982. Country music was on the AM, while the FM aired an easy listening format. They sold the stations in 1982, but bought them back two years later. In 1984, they also purchased WVFB in nearby Celina, Tennessee.[2]
In December 2015, WTKY-AM-FM, WKWY and WVFB were purchased by Frank Keeton Aricasters from the estate of Bernice Whittimore for $400,000.[3]
In addition to its country music format, WTKY is also home to coverage of football and basketball games of Monroe County High School. WTKY, along with WVFB, are also the official stations for worship services of the Tompkinsville Church of Christ.[4]
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