WIKY-FM

For the defunct low-power television translator station (channel 5) licensed to Evansville, Indiana, United States, see WIKY-LP.

WIKY-FM

Broadcast area	Evansville, Indiana
Frequency	104.1 MHz
First air date	1953
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	39,000 watts
HAAT	174 meters
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Indiana, Kentucky
Owner	Duey Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WABX, WLFW, WSTO
Webcast	Listen Live
Website

WIKY-FM 104.1 FM is a full-service/Adult Contemporary music radio station serving the Evansville, Indiana radio market.

History

The call letters WIKY debuted in 1948, when John A. Engelbrecht gained the FCC license for 820 AM. WIKY signed on August 4, 1948. The studios were on the west side of Evansville, in a unique building with the studios in the basement and the Engelbrecht residence upstairs. In 1953, Engelbrecht obtained one of the first FM licenses available, at 104.1 MHz. The 820 AM frequency was sold to University of Southern Indiana and continues operation as WSWI. Over the past 60 years, the Engelbrecht family maintained ownership of WIKY through their company South Central Communications, which owns 5 stations in Evansville, as well as radio stations in Nashville and Knoxville and a Muzak provider (South Central Sound).

In the most recent Arbitron ratings report, WIKY is the most listened to radio station in the Evansville metro survey area.^[1] WIKY has been named "Best Radio Station" by the Evansville Courier Press "Reader's Choice" Awards the past two years, and was named "AC Station of the Year" (2008 - Markets 101+) by Radio and Records magazine.

It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications will purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes the Evansville Cluster which include WIKY-FM along with Sister Stations WABX, WLFW-FM & WSTO) With this purchase, Midwest Communications will expand its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.^[2] The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.^[3]

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Radio stations in the Evansville, Indiana market

By AM frequency	730 820 860 1180 1250 1280 1330 1400 1540 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.5 101.3 101.5 101.9 103.1 104.1 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	KIG76 W239CI WABX WBGW WBGW-FM WBKR WBNL WCFY-LP WDKS WEUC WEOA WFMW WGAB WGBF WGBF-FM WIKY-FM WJLT WJPS WKDQ WKPB WKTG WKVN WLFW WMSK-FM WNIN-FM WPSR WQXQ WRAY WRAY-FM WRCY WRUL WSDM WSJD WSON WSON-FM WSTO WSWI WUCO WUEV WVJC WYIR-LP WYFX WYNG

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Hopkinsville Louisville Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Owensboro Paducah Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Kentucky

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Indiana

Stations	WAJI – Fort Wayne WHON – Centerville WIKY-FM – Evansville WITZ-FM – Jasper WJLT - Evansville WKVI – Knox WMRS – Monticello WNSN – South Bend WORX-FM – Madison WPGW – Portland WPHZ – Orleans WROI – Rochester WRWM – Lawrence WRZQ-FM – Greensburg WSHW – Frankfort WUME-FM – Paoli WWFW – Fort Wayne WXXC – Marion WYXB – Indianapolis WZDM – Vincennes WZWZ - Kokomo WZZY – Winchester

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

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

Coordinates: 37°59′20″N 87°35′49″W / 37.989°N 87.597°W / 37.989; -87.597

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