WNES

Radio station in Central City, Kentucky

WNES

* Central City, Kentucky

Frequency| 1050 kHz
Branding| K-Country
Programming
Format| Classic Country
Ownership
Owner| Radio Active Media, Inc.

Sister stations

| WKYA
History

First air date

| January 1955; 70 years ago (1955-01)

Former frequencies

| 1600 kHz (1955–1960)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 46946
Class| D
Power| 1,000 watts day
172 watts night

Transmitter coordinates

| 37°16′9″N 87°8′32″W﻿ / ﻿37.26917°N 87.14222°W﻿ / 37.26917; -87.14222
Repeater(s)| W284AO (104.7 FM) Central City
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

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.[2]

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

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On September 8, 1954, Muhlenberg Broadcasting Company was granted a construction permit by the FCC.[3] 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.[4][5] In December 1956, the station launched its FM companion, WNES-FM (101.9 FM, now WEKV),[4]: 98  and would simulcast its AM programming on that station until 1980, when the FM became a separate entity. WNES reallocated to its current frequency of 1050 kilocycles in August 1960.[3][4]: 98  [6]

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.[7]

## Coverage area

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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

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1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNES". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ "WNES Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. ^ a b "History Cards for WNES". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
4. ^ a b c Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). Host Communications Incorporated. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
5. ^ Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook 1960 (PDF). 1960. p. A-157 – via World Radio History.
6. ^ "This Week in History (from Leader-News archives)". Leader-News. Greenville, Kentucky. May 2, 2001. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Google Books.
7. ^ W284AO Query on Radio-Locator

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 46946 (WNES) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WNES in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* Facility details for Facility ID 84113 (W284AO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* W284AO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Defunct|

* Cumberland
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See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Kentucky

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