WLKT

WLKT
City Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
Broadcast area Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area and Central Kentucky
Branding 104.5 The Cat
Slogan Lexington's #1 Hit Music Station
Frequency 104.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s) 103.9 W280DO (Lexington, relays HD2)
First air date July 30, 1992
Format FM/HD1: Top 40 (CHR)
HD2: urban contemporary
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 142 meters (466 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 29575
Callsign meaning Lexington's K(C)aT
Lexington, KenTucky
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast FM/HD1: WLKT Webstream
HD2: "Real 103.9" Webstream
Website FM/HD1: 1045thecat.iheart.com
HD2: real1039fm.iheart.com

WLKT (104.5 MHz "104.5 The Cat") is a commercial FM radio station in Kentucky. It has a double city of license, both Lexington and Fayette. WLKT is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and airs a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. Its playlist includes Pop music, some Rock and some Hip Hop product. Middays it carries the syndicated "On Air with Ryan Seacrest." On Sundays, "American Top 40" is heard.

104.5 The Cat is powered at 50,000 watts, with its signal extending from the suburbs of Louisville and Cincinnati to Daniel Boone National Forest. WLKT is the fourth station in the Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area to broadcast in the HD Radio format after WUKY, WKQQ, and WBUL-FM.[1] Its HD-2 subchannel carries an urban contemporary format, simulcast on translator station 103.9 W280DO, known as "Real 103.9."

History

The station signed on the air on July 30, 1992 as WJGG.[2] It was owned by J.L. Givens Associates. Newport Communications, which also owned WLRS in Louisville, later acquired the station.

It was purchased by Jacor in 1997. The station ran an Adult Contemporary format. On May 4, 1999, Jacor was purchased by Clear Channel Communications (now (iHeartMedia).[3] After the purchase, the station switched to a Top 40 (CHR) format.

WLKT-HD2

On July 21, 2011 WLKT-HD2 changed its format from New CHR to Urban Contemporary, branded as "Wild 103.9" (also broadcasts on FM translator W280DO 103.9 FM). The station's moniker later changed to "Real 103.9."

References

  1. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=100 HD Radio Guide for Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993 page B-145
  3. ↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-243

Coordinates: 38°04′08″N 84°18′43″W / 38.069°N 84.312°W / 38.069; -84.312

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