WTKY

WTKY
Frequency1370 kHz
BrandingKix Country
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Jonathan Keeton
  • (Frank Keeton Aircasters, Inc.)
History
First air date
1960 (1960)
Call sign meaning
Tompkinsville, Kentucky
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
72294
ClassD
Power2,100 watts daytime
Transmitter coordinates
36°49′7″N 85°39′32″W / 36.81861°N 85.65889°W / 36.81861; -85.65889
Links
Public license information

WTKY (1370 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country format in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, United States. It is currently owned by Jonathan Keeton, through licensee Frank Keeton Aircasters, Inc.[1] It broadcasts from studios, shared with sister station WTKY-FM 102.7, located at 341 Radio Station Road (KY 1049) just east of Tompkinsville.

History

WTKY began broadcasting at 1370 kilohertz in 1960 under ownership of WMCV. Inc., which would sell the station for $20,000 to J.K. and Bernice Whittimore in 1970. The following year, WTKY-FM 92.1 began operations at 92.1 megahertz. The Whittimore couple would operate the stations for six years until they automated the stations from 1976 until 1982. Country music was on the AM station, while the FM counterpart aired an easy listening format. They sold the stations in 1982, but bought them back two years later. In 1984, they also purchased WVFB in nearby Celina, Tennessee.[2]

In December 2015, WTKY-AM-FM, WKWY and WVFB were purchased by Frank Keeton Aircasters from the estate of Bernice Whittimore for $400,000.[3] The original WTKY-FM was sold in 2024,[4] with what had been WKWY becoming the new WTKY-FM 102.7.

Programming

In addition to its country music format, WTKY is also home to coverage of football and basketball games of Monroe County High School. WTKY, along with WVFB, are also the official stations for worship services of the Tompkinsville Church of Christ.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Facility Technical Data for WTKY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). p. 146. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "STATION SALES WEEK OF 12/19". Radio Insight. December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  4. ^ Venta, Lance (November 18, 2025). "Station Sales Week Of 11/18". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  5. ^ "Radio". Tompkinsville, Kentucky: Tompkinsville Church of Christ. Retrieved February 23, 2024.


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