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WIKY-FM

Evansville, Indiana
Broadcast area	Evansville, Indiana
Frequency	104.1 MHz
Branding	104.1 WIKY
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Duey Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WABX, WLYD, WSTO
History
First air date	August 4, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-08-04)
Call sign meaning	Indiana, Kentucky
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61014
Class	B
ERP	39,000 watts
HAAT	174 meters (571 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wiky.com

WIKY-FM (104.1 MHz) is a full-service/adult contemporary music radio station serving the Evansville, Indiana radio market.

History

The call letters WIKY debuted in 1948, when John A. Engelbrecht gained the FCC license for 820 AM. WIKY-FM signed on August 4, 1948. The studios were on the west side of Evansville, in a unique building with the studios in the basement and the Engelbrecht residence upstairs. In 1953, Engelbrecht obtained one of the first FM licenses available, at 104.1 MHz. The 820 AM frequency was sold to the University of Southern Indiana in 1981, and continues operation as WSWI. Over the past 60 years, the Engelbrecht family maintained ownership of WIKY through their company South Central Communications, which owns 5 stations in Evansville, as well as radio stations in Nashville and Knoxville and a Muzak provider (South Central Sound).

In the most recent Arbitron ratings report, WIKY is the most-listened-to radio station in the Evansville metro survey area. WIKY has been named "Best Radio Station" by the Evansville Courier Press "Reader's Choice" Awards the past two years, and was named "AC Station of the Year" (2008 - Markets 101+) by Radio and Records magazine.

It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications would purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes the Evansville Cluster which include WIKY-FM along with sister stations WABX, WLFW & WSTO.) With this purchase, Midwest Communications expanded its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville. The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.

References

1. ^ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
2. "Facility Technical Data for WIKY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=&MarketRank=161
4. Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications
5. "South Central Radio Group". Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 61014 (WIKY-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WIKY-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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