WUKY
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| City | Lexington, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Lexington-Fayette |
| Branding | NPR Rocks @ 91.3 |
| Frequency | 91.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | October 17, 1940 |
| Format | Adult Album Alternative/NPR |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 237.4 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | University of KentuckY |
| Former callsigns | WBKY (1940-1989) |
| Affiliations |
NPR PRI Kentucky Public Radio |
| Owner | University of Kentucky |
| Website | http://www.wuky.org |
WUKY (91.3 FM) is the flagship National Public Radio station in Lexington, Kentucky. Owned by the University of Kentucky, it is an Adult Album Alternative station that airs more than 100 hours of music per week, in addition to programming from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC, and American Public Media. Studios are located in McVey Hall on the UK campus.
WUKY began broadcasting on October 17, 1940 as WBKY, a 100-watt "Apex band" station on 42.9 MHz in Beattyville. However, the station soon ran into technical and financial problems, and suspended operations after June 27, 1941. The original program director was Ruth Foxx Newborg, and from the beginning the station has been owned by University of Kentucky. In 1945 the station was reactivated as an FM station, still transmitting at 42.9 MHz, and the operation moved to its current home in McVey Hall at UK. The station helped create NPR, and was one of the 90 stations that carried the inaugural broadcast of All Things Considered when it debuted in 1971. On October 1, 1989; WBKY changed its call letters to WUKY to better reflect its affiliation with UK.
Longtime All Things Considered host Noah Adams began his career at WBKY.
WUKY is supported by its listeners, who give regularly to the station. It also receives funding from UK, as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and its underwriters. Its main competition is WEKU, owned by Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Lexington is one of the smallest markets with two competing full NPR member stations.
In 2006, WUKY built a new HD Radio-capable tower at Clays Ferry on the Kentucky River. It is the first HD Radio station in Lexington, and the first to multi-cast. It now streams three digital channels.
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