WKDP-FM

WKDP-FM (99.5 FM) is a country music–formatted radio station licensed to Corbin, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by the Eubanks family as part of a quadropoly with WKDP (1330 AM), adult standards station WCTT (680 AM), and Top 40/CHR station WCTT-FM (107.3 FM).[2] All four stations share studios on Adams Road northwest of Corbin in southern Laurel County, while its transmitter is located off US 25E near Gray.

For Corbin's AM radio station, see WKDP (AM).
WKDP-FM
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99.5 KD Country
Programming
FormatCountry music
Ownership
Owner
  • Eubanks family
  • (Eubanks Broadcasting, Inc.)
WKDP, WCTT, WCTT-FM
History
First air date
1967[1]
Former call signs
WYGO-FM (1967–1989)
Former frequencies
99.3 MHz (1967–1987)
Technical information
Facility ID19816
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT216.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
36°57′14″N 83°58′41″W
Links
Webcastno
Websitewkdp.com

History

The station signed on the air as WYGO-FM in 1967 on 99.3 MHz, with a MOR format. The format was upgraded to adult contemporary in 1984. Three years later, WYGO-FM would receive a significant signal upgrade in a move to 99.5 FM. On March 6, 1989, the station changed its call sign to the current WKDP and dropped its adult contemporary music format for its current country music. format.[3][1]

As of 1989, the station simulcast its AM sister with a country music format.[4]

References
  1. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). Lexington, KY: Host Communciations. p. 186-7. ISBN 1-879688-93-X.
  2. "WKDP-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WKDP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. "The M Street Radio Directory: 1989 Edition" (PDF). RadioPhiles, Inc. 1989. p. 128. Retrieved 22 July 2022.


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