WKDP (1330 AM) is a radio station licensed to Corbin, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by the Eubanks family as part of a quadropoly with adult standards station WCTT (680 AM), country music station WKDP-FM (99.5 FM), and adult contemporary music station WCTT-FM (107.3 FM). All four stations share studios on Adams Road adjacent to I-75 northwest of Corbin in southern Laurel County, while its transmitter is located off Combs Road in eastern Corbin.[5]
In addition to its primary AM signal, WKDP is repeated on an FM translator: W250CL (97.7 MHz). That station's transmitter is co-located with the studios on Adams Road.
History
WKDP signed on-the-air in November 1961 as WYGO. The station was founded by Tri-County Broadcasting, led by Don Mills and Cal Smith. In 1965, the station would be sold to James C. Vernon. An FM counterpart would sign on in 1967 at 99.3 MHz (now 99.5). At this time, the station aired a format consisting of pop and rock, with programming from ABC.[3]
By 1989, WKDP broadcast a country music format.[6] Major changes would come to the station that year. Vernon sold WYGO-AM-FM to local businessman Dallas Eubanks, who changed the stations' call letters to the current WKDP. Eubanks would also split the shared format with its FM sister and began broadcasting oldies.[3][7]
References
- ^ "Radio Partners". Motor Racing Network. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "NASCAR Cup Series Affiliates". Performance Racing Network. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). Lexington, KY: Host Communciations. pp. 186–7. ISBN 1-879688-93-X.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKDP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WKDP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "The M Street Radio Directory: 1989 Edition" (PDF). RadioPhiles, Inc. 1989. p. 128. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Unmacht, Robert, ed. (1991). "The M Street Radio Directory" (PDF). M Street Corporation. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
External links
- WKDP in the FCC AM station database
- WKDP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W250CL at FCCdata.org