| Former simulcast ofKNEK-FM | |
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| Broadcast area | Lafayette metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1190kHz |
| Branding | Magic 104.7 KNEK |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| KNEK-FM,KRRQ,KSMB,KXKC | |
| History | |
First air date | August 18, 1980 (1980-08-18) |
Last air date | May 2023 (2023-05) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15801 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 250watts day |
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Public license information | |
KNEK (1190AM) was a radio station inWashington, Louisiana, United States, under ownership ofCumulus Media. The station simulcast sister stationKNEK-FM, which broadcasts on the frequency of104.7 FM. Its studios were located on Galbert Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter was located south of Washington, Louisiana. Because it shared the same frequency asclear-channel stationXEWK-AM atGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, KNEK only operated during thedaytime hours.
KNEK started in August 1980 as a daytime-only,country music–formatted station, the first new AM outlet in the area since the 1940s.[2]
In 1994, KNEK AM dropped its then-current format of gospel music and adopted an all-zydeco format, the only one of its kind.[3] The format was dropped in 1998, a year after Citywide Broadcasting ofLafayette bought the station from Dee Broadcasting;[4] the new owners locked out the old disc jockeys and changed the format to satellite-delivered Motown music.[5]
Citadel Broadcasting acquired all of Citywide's stations in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette markets for $34 million in late 1998.[6] In 2006, Citadel placed KNEK-FM in The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, upon its 2006 merger withABC Radio.[7] Citadel swappedKRDJ with KNEK-FM in 2008, opting to keep the latter.[8] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[9]
The station went off the air in May 2023 due to transmitter issues. Cumulus Media would surrender the KNEK license to theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) in March 2024.[10] The FCC canceled the station's license on April 26, 2024.[11]
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