| WWKY | |
| City: | Winchester, Kentucky |
| Branding: | 102.9 FM and AM 990 WWKY |
| Frequency: | 990 kHz |
| Translator: | 102.9 W275CO (Winchester) |
| Airdate: | (as WLPQ at 980) |
| Format: | Soft adult contemporary |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 24221 |
| Coordinates: | 38.0139°N -84.1544°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | "Wonderful Winchester, Kentucky" |
| Former Frequencies: | 980 kHz (1986–2018) |
| Affiliations: | NBC News Radio, Kentucky News Network |
| Owner: | Gateway Radio Works, Inc. |
| Sister Stations: | WKYN, WMST, WKCA, WIVY-FM |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | wwkyradio.com |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WWKY (990 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format. Licensed to Winchester, Kentucky, the station and FM translator primarily serves Clark County but the AM signal can be listened to in much of the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky in the daytime. The station is owned by Gateway Radio Works, Inc.[1]
The station went on the air August 8, 1981,[2] as WLPQ; it became WKPJ on February 5, 1986. On February 21, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WMAK, and on June 24, 1996, changed it again, to WGWM. The station changed its call sign to the current WWKY on May 15, 2017.[3]
Originally licensed to serve London, Kentucky, at 980 AM, the station moved to a new transmitter and operating on 990 AM in Winchester effective February 2, 2018.