WYNK-FM

WYNK-FM

City	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Broadcast area	Baton Rouge metropolitan area
Branding	WYNK Country 101.5
Slogan	WYNK If You Love It
Frequency	101.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.5 HD2: Classic Hits "Downtown Radio 97.7"
Translator(s)	97.7 K249DV (Baker, relays HD2)
Format	Country
Audience share	5.8 (Winter 2008, R&R^[1])
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	457 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	47402
Transmitter coordinates	30°19′34.00″N 91°16′36.00″W / 30.3261111°N 91.2766667°W / 30.3261111; -91.2766667
Callsign meaning	"Wink"
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	KRVE, WFMF, WJBO, WLRO
Webcast	Listen Live WYNK-FM Listen Live WYNK-HD2/97.7 FM
Website	wynkcountry.com downtown977.com (HD2)

WYNK-FM (101.5 FM) is a Country music formatted radio station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Many credit WYNK with instituting the first "top forty country format" in the country. Its studios are located east of downtown Baton Rouge near the I-10/I-12 interchange and its transmitter is in Plaquemine, Louisiana.

History

WYNK-FM has been on the country format scene since December 7, 1968 and has managed to hold off a lot of competitors ever since. Its AM sister station, WYNK, was originally known as WEND and began broadcasting in the 1950s. In the late-1950s the call sign was changed to WYNK. WYNK experienced financial problems in the early-1960s and went off the air for a time, only to return under new ownership and great success beginning on October 31, 1962. The force behind this rise to excellence is credited to R. D. McGregor. McGregor sold his interest in 1983 to Hicks Broadcasting, a company that would eventually become Capstar before merging with Clear Channel Communications. WYNK's AM sister station (since renamed WPYR) was sold to Davidson Media in 2007.

WYNK served as the flagship station for the nationally syndicated "Big D and Bubba" show from 1999 until 2003. The show is still broadcast on WYNK, but is now based in Nashville, TN at flagship WSIX.

Airstaff

Afternoon driver Scott Innes is the current voice of Scooby-Doo in the cartoon series and was the voice of Scrappy-Doo in the 2002 live action film.^[2]

WYNK-HD2

WYNK-FM airs a classic hits format playing the best variety of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s on its HD2 digital subchannel branded as "Downtown Radio 97.7" (relayed on FM translator K249DV 97.7 FM Baker, LA).

References

External links

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Radio-Locator information on WYNK

Radio stations in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana market

By AM frequency	870 910 1150 1210 1260 1300 1380 1460 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.3 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.7 94.1 95.1 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.1 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K237EW K249DV K275AL K279AL KAJD-LP KBRH KDDK KHB46 KHXT KKAY KLSU KNXX KPAE KQXL-FM KRVE KSMB KTDY KVDU KXKC KYFJ WBKL WBRH WBRJ-LP WBRP WDGL WEMX WFMF WHYR-LP WIBR WJBO WJFM WLRO WMIY-LP WNXX WPFC WPYR WRKF WRKN WRQQ WSGX-LP WTGE WTQT-LP WUBR WWL WWRA WXOK WYNK-FM

Nearby radio markets Alexandria Houma Lafayette Lake Ponchartrain New Orleans McComb-Brookhaven Natchez See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

Radio stations in the Lafayette, Louisiana market

By AM frequency	870 960 1150 1190 1230 1240 1330 1360 1420 1450 1520

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.9 91.3 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.7 94.5 95.5 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.1 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.9 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KXKW-LP/Ind)

Digital radio	88.7-1 97.3-1 99.9-1

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	K249EY KAJN-FM KANE KBON KCKR KFTE KFXZ KFXZ-FM KHXT KIKL KITA KLWB-FM KMDL KNEK KNEK-FM KNHS-LP KNIR KOGM KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRRQ KRVS KSIG KSIG-FM KSJY KSLO KSMB KTDY KVOL KXKC KYBG KYFJ KYMK-FM KZJM-LP WDGL WFMF WHFG WJBO WTGE WWL WXK80 WYNK-FM

Defunct	KJCB

Nearby radio markets Alexandria Baton Rouge Beaumont–Port Arthur Fort Polk South Houma Lake Charles New Orleans See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

Country radio stations in the state of Louisiana

Stations	KAPB – Marksville KBKK – Ball KCIL – Morgan City KDBH-FM – Natchitoches KEUN – Eunice KJAE – Leesville KJLO-FM – Monroe KJNA – Jena KJVC – Mansfield KLAA – Tioga KMAR-FM – Winnsboro KMDL – Kaplan KMYY – Rayville KNCB-FM – Vivian KNGT – Lake Charles KOGM – Opelousas KQKI-FM – Bayou Vista KQLK – De Ridder/Lake Charles KRJO – Monroe KRMD-FM – Oil City/Shreveport KRRV – Alexandria KSBH – Coushatta KVCL-FM – Winnfield KVPI – Ville Platte KVVP-LeesVille KWLV – Many KXKC – New Iberia KXKS-FM – Shreveport KXKZ – Ruston KYKZ – Lake Charles KWTG-Vidalia WABL – Amite WBOX – Bogalusa WBOX-FM – Varnado WGUO – Reserve WHMD – Hammond WJSH – Folsom WNOE – New Orleans WOMN – Franklinton WRKN – LaPlace/New Orleans WTGE – Baton Rouge WYNK – Baton Rouge

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

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