WLKT
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| Broadcast area | Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area and Central Kentucky |
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| Frequency | 104.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 104.5 The Cat HD2: Real 103.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | FM/HD1: Top 40 (CHR) HD2: urban contemporary |
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| History | |
First air date | July 30, 1992 |
Call sign meaning | Lexington's K(C)aT Lexington, KenTucky |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 29575 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 142 meters (466 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 103.9 W280DO (Lexington, relays HD2) |
| Links | |
| 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, Rock and Hip Hop. On 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. 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.[1] 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).[2] 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
External links
- 104.5 The Cat website
- Facility details for Facility ID WLKT ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Template:FMQ
- W280DO at FCCdata.org
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