WKYH

This article is about the radio station licensed to Paintsville, Kentucky. For the television station in Hazard, Kentucky that was known as WKYH-TV from 1969 to 1985, see WYMT-TV.

WKYH

Paintsville, Kentucky United States
Broadcast area	Kentucky Highlands
Frequency	600 kHz
Branding	99.3 FM & 600 AM WKYH
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Cincinnati Reds Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Forcht Broadcasting (S.I.P. Broadcasting)
Sister stations	WKLW-FM WSIP-FM WSIP-AM
History
First air date	March 1985 (1985-03)
Former call signs	WKLW (1984–1999)
Call sign meaning	Kentucky Highlands
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	3430
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day 43 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	37°47′19″N 82°47′7″W
Translator	99.3 W257EE (Paintsville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wkyham.com

WKYH (600 AM, "99.3 FM & 600 AM WKYH") is a radio station broadcasting a locally programmed classic hits format. Licensed to Paintsville, Kentucky. The station was licensed in 1984 and first began broadcasting in March 1985. It was purchased by Forcht Broadcasting in 2010. In addition to the AM signal, the station can also be heard via FM translator W257EE at 99.3 MHz, as well as online via Official Stream Page, on Apple and Android devices, and has an Alexa skill.

History

When the station signed on as WKLW in 1985, it aired a rock and roll music station. In the early 1990s, the station began broadcasting a Gospel radio format. Under new ownership after 1999, the station aired a Conservative Talk Radio format. Ownership changed again in 2010, and the station's format also changed to Sports radio. The sports format aired on WKYH until 2018, before moving to sister station WSIP-AM. WSIP-AM's previous Classic hits format then moved to WKYH. Also in 2018, an fm translator, W257EE, was added to bring WKYH's programming to the FM dial.

Former logo

Programming

Though the station flipped to a classic hits format in 2018, some sports programming remains on WKYH. Weekday mornings, the Leach Report and Kentucky Sports Radio is heard on WKYH. The station also broadcasts Cincinnati Reds baseball games and Cincinnati Bengals football games.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 3430 (WKYH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKYH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 200105 (W257EE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W257EE at FCCdata.org