WKYX

WKYX-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. WBMP (570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. WBMP is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, and WKYX-FM is licensed to serve Golconda, Illinois. WKYX-FM's programming is also heard on WNGO (1320 AM) in Mayfield, Kentucky. The stations are owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and feature programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Salem Radio Network, and Westwood One on WKYX-FM and WNGO and Compass Media Networks on WBMP.[1]

WKYX AM 570 & FM 94.3 former logo
WNGO AM 1320 & FM translator W238AN FM 95.5 former logo

WKYX-FM–WNGO–WBMP
Frequency
  • WBMP: 570 kHz
  • WNGO: 1320 kHz
  • WKYX-FM: 94.3 MHz
Branding
  • WKYX-FM–WNGO:
  • Super Talk 94.3
  • WBMP:
  • 102.5–100.9 The Beat
Programming
Format
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WDDJ, WDXR, WKYQ, WKYX-FM, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK
History
First air date
  • WBMP:
  • 1946 (1946)
  • WKYX-FM:
  • November 22, 1990 (1990-11-22)
  • WNGO:
  • January 7, 1947 (1947-01-07)
Former call signs
  • WBMP:
  • WKYX (1946-2023)
  • WKYX-FM:
  • WXZB (1990)
  • WDXR-FM (1990-2002)
  • WPFX (2002)
  • WLIE (2002)
  • WLIE-FM (2002-2006)
  • WNGO:
  • WIVR (1998-1999)
  • WKJM (1999-2004)
Technical information
Class
  • WBMP: B
  • WKYX-FM: A
  • WNGO: D
Power
  • WBMP: 1,000 watts day
  • 500 watts night
  • WNGO: 1,000 watts day
  • 97 watts night
ERPWKYX-FM 3,100 watts
HAATWKYX-FM 137 meters (449 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)
  • WBMP: 100.9 W265DZ (Mayfield)
  • WBMP: 102.5 W273CH (Paducah)
  • WNGO: 105.9 W290DF (Mayfield)
Links
Webcast
Website

On December 26, 2022, WKYX 570 AM and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from the news/talk simulcast with WKYX-FM and WNGO and changed their format to urban contemporary, branded as "102.5/100.9 The Beat". WKYX also changed their call letters to WBMP on January 30, 2023.[2]

References
  1. "WKYX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Hip Hop Beat Debuts in Paducah Radioinsight - January 26, 2023


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