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| Broadcast area | Paducah, Kentucky |
| Frequency | 94.3MHz |
| Branding | Super Talk 94.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News–talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| WBMP,WDDJ,WDXR,WKYQ,WLLE,WNGO,WPAD,WZYK | |
| History | |
First air date | November 22, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-11-22) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40647 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,100watts |
| HAAT | 137 meters (449 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°14′4″N88°29′48″W / 37.23444°N 88.49667°W /37.23444; -88.49667 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wkyx.com |
| Simulcast | |
Radio station in Kentucky, United States WNGO | |
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| Frequency | 1320kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | January 7, 1947; 78 years ago (1947-01-07)[2] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | We Need God Only[2]: 77 |
| Technical information[3] | |
| Facility ID | 71614 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°45′37″N88°38′20″W / 36.76028°N 88.63889°W /36.76028; -88.63889 (WNGO) |
| Translator(s) | 105.9 W290DF (Mayfield) |
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Public license information | |
WKYX-FM (94.3MHz) is aradio station broadcasting anews/talk format. WKYX-FM is licensed to serveGolconda, Illinois. WKYX-FM's programming is also heard onWNGO (1320 AM) inMayfield, Kentucky. The stations are owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and feature programming fromFox News Radio,Premiere Networks,Salem Radio Network, andWestwood One.[4]
The station signed on the air at 94.3 FM on November 22, 1990, as WXZB. Before the year ended, the station changed its callsign to WDXR-FM. In 2002, the station briefly was recalled as WPFX, and then WLIE-FM shortly before the start of 2003. The current WKYX-FM callsign was adopted in 2006.
The station signed on the air on January 7, 1947, as Mayfield's second radio station to open after WKTM (1050 kHz) opened the previous year. WNGO was mostly a religious radio station, with local church minister H.M. Suthard and Paul Mullins as the original owners.Amazing Grace was the first song to be played on the station in its inaugural broadcast.[2]: 77
The station would launch WNGO-FM (94.7 MHz, nowWZYK) in 1955 in order to broadcast local sporting events at night. In 1957, the station was sold to West Kentucky Broadcasting Company. Operations of WKTM was merged with that of WNGO that year; the 1050 kHz frequency WKTM originally occupied was reassigned toWNES ofCentral City in 1960.[2]: 78
The station's studios fell victim of flooding on two separate occasions in 1983.[2]: 78
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On December 26, 2022,WKYX 570 AM and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from the news/talk simulcast with WKYX-FM and WNGO.[5]
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