WYNK-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WYNK-FM


city = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
area = Baton Rouge metropolitan area
branding =
slogan = "Wink If You Love It"
frequency = 101.5 MHzHD Radio
101.5 HD2: 80s-90s Country
share = 5.8
share as of = Winter 2008
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Baton Rouge Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Baton%20Rouge&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
airdate =
format = Country
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 457.0 meters
class = C
facility_id = 47402
coordinates = coord|30|19|34.00|N| 91|16|36.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = "Wink"
former_callsigns =
owner = Clear Channel Communications
licensee = Capstar TX
sister_stations = KRVE, WFMF, WJBO, WPYR, WSKR
webcast =
website = http://www.wynk.com
affiliations = ABC Radio

WYNK-FM (101.5 FM) is a Country music formatted radio station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Many credit WYNK with instituting the first "top forty country format" in the country.Who|date=August 2008

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 '60s 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. MeGregor sold his interest in 1983 to Hicks Broadcasting.

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.

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.Fact|date=August 2008

References

External links

*FMQ|WYNK
*FML|WYNK
*FMARB|WYNK