WVLK (AM)
| City of license | Lexington, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | News/Talk 590 WVLK |
| Frequency | 590 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 101.1 W266AN (Lexington) |
| First air date | November, 1947 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 27418 |
| Callsign meaning | Versailles, Lexington, Kentucky[1] |
| Affiliations | ABC News & Talk CBS News |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Sister stations | WCYN-FM, WVLK-FM, WLTO, WXZZ, WLXX |
| Webcast | WVLK Live Audio Stream |
| Website | wvlkam.com |
WVLK is a radio station serving the Lexington, Kentucky area with a news/talk format. This station broadcasts on AM frequency 590 kHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
Programming
Weekday programming features local shows during the morning and early afternoon and several syndicated talk radio programs during the late afternoon and evening including Sean Hannity, Geraldo and Mark Levin. Weekend programming includes local shows on a variety of topics from gardening to home maintenance to sports, as well as syndicated programs like Kim Komando and Clark Howard.
History
WVLK began broadcasting November 26, 1947, as a Mutual affiliate on 590 kHz with 1 KW power (full-time). It was owned by Bluegrass Broadcasting Company, whose president was former U.S. Senator A.B. Chandler. Offices and studios were in the Lafayette Hotel in Lexington.[2]
Signal coverage during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s covered much of centrral Kentucky, as well as parts of the Louisville radio market, and as far south as the Lake Cumberland area. Until sometime in the 1990s, WVLK was the flagship radio station of the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball and football games from the UK Sports Radio Network.[1]
In 2015, WVLK signed on a new FM translator station, W266AN in Lawrenceburg, at 101.1 MHz on the FM dial.[3]
Early voices
Among the early voices at WVLK, US Representative Harold Rogers was a disc jockey at the station in 1959, while he was a student at the University of Kentucky.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/url?call=W266AN&service=FX
External links
- News/Talk 590 WVLK - Official Site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WVLK
- Radio-Locator Information on WVLK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WVLK
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W266AN
- Radio-Locator information on W266AN
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