Infobox Radio station
name = WWKY
city = Providence, Kentucky
area = Evansville, Indiana
branding = "Oldies 97.7"
slogan =
frequency = 97.7 FM (MHz)
airdate =
format = Oldies
erp = 6000 watts
haat = 100 meters (321 feet)
class = A
facility_id = 67479
coordinates = coord|37|24|52|N|87|34|23|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WHRZ
affiliations =
owner = Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation
licensee = Hopkins-Webster CBC, Inc.
sister_stations = WAVJ, WPKY, WTTL, WYMV
webcast =
website =
WWKY (97.7 FM, "Oldies 97.7") is a radio station licensed to the community of Providence, Kentucky, and serves the greater Evansville, Indiana, area. The station is owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation and licensed to Hopkins-Webster CBC, Inc. It airs an Oldies music format. [ cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=W |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron]
The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since July 14, 2004.[cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67479&Callsign=WWKY |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database] ]WWKY was originally licensed to Winchester, Kentucky, circa 1952, and operated on the AM band at 1380 KHz. In December, 1983, the station was sold to the owners of WFMI, which was the competing FM station in that city at the time. The new owners subsequently changing WWKY's format from Adult Contemporary to a specialized news format, geared towards Kentucky's horse industry, wth a callsign change to WHRS.
From 1989 to 2001, the call letters WWKY were assigned to Louisville, Kentucky at 790 KHz, which had formerly been legendary powerhouse WAKY. WWKY started its run in the Louisville market as a country station. By 1991, however, the format was more a mix of country and news/talk. Music was dropped entirely in 2001, and the station changed its callsign to WXXA.
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