WNES

WNES (1050 AM) is a classic country-formatted radio station that is licensed to and located in Central City, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Starlight Broadcasting Co., Inc.[1]

WNES
Frequency1050 kHz
BrandingK-Country
Programming
FormatClassic Country
Ownership
OwnerRadio Active Media, Inc.
WKYA
History
First air date
January 1955 (1955-01)
Former frequencies
1600 kHz (1955-1960)
Technical information
Facility ID46946
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
172 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
37°16′9″N 87°8′32″W
Repeater(s)W284AO (104.7 FM) Central City

The station’s studio (shared with sister station WKYA) and transmitter is located on Everly Brothers Boulevard (U.S. Highway 62) near the Western Kentucky Parkway underpass southwest of Central City.

History

On September 8, 1954, Muhlenberg Broadcasting Company was granted a construction permit by the FCC.[2] The station began broadcasting on January 1, 1955, as the first radio station to broadcast in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The station was a 500 watt daytime-only station broadcasting at 1600 kilocycles.[3][4] The station reallocated to its current frequency of 1050 kilocycles in August 1960.[2]

In March 2013, the station’s owner, Starlight Broadcasting, was renamed Radio Active Media, Inc. The station’s programming was simulcast on the FM dial via WNES-FM (now WEKV) from that station’s 1956 inception until December 1981. In September 2014, the FM simulcast of WNES returned when the station launched a Class D low-power FM translator, W284AO, broadcasting a frequency of 104.7 megahertz with 250 watts of power.[5]

Coverage area

The station’s daytime signal covers Muhlenberg and surrounding counties, plus the Owensboro and Henderson area. Its nighttime signal coverage is greatly reduced to avoid co-frequency interference with other AM 1050 stations. W284AO's signal covers all of Muhlenberg County, along with portions of its neighboring counties.

References
  1. "WNES Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. FCC History Cards for WNES
  3. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  4. Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook 1960 (PDF). 1960. p. A-157 – via World Radio History.
  5. W284AO Query on Radio-Locator


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