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WKYW (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Frankfort, Kentucky, the station serves the capital city of Kentucky and parts of the nearby Lexington metropolitan area. The station is owned by CapCity Communications. Its programming is simulcast on translator station W228CL (93.5 FM).

History

Prior to February 2011, the format was news/talk.

On March 18, 2013, WKYW changed its format to classic hits, branded as "Passport Radio 1490".

In 2015, FM translator W228CL began broadcasting on FM frequency 93.5 MHz as a simulcast of WKYW.

On April 1, 2021, WKYW and W228CL split from their simulcast with WFRT and WKYL and launched a hot adult contemporary format, branded as "Pop Radio 93.5".

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References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WKYW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "WKYW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. Pop Radio Debuts In Frankfort Radioinsight - April 13, 2021

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 74609 (WKYW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKYW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 145358 (W228CL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W228CL at FCCdata.org

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