WYLK
Hot adult contemporary | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Northshore Broadcasting |
History | |
First air date | 1992 (as KPXF) |
Former call signs | KPXD (1992) KPXF (1992–1996) WYLA (1996–2002) WXXF (2002–2003) WOPR (2003–2005) |
Call sign meaning | W Y LaKe, referencing Lake Pontchartrain |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 49247 |
Class | A |
ERP | 2,900 watts |
HAAT | 146 meters |
Links | |
Website | lake947.com |
WYLK (94.7 FM), also known as Lake 94.7, is a
History
1996 to 2001
Charles K. And Carlie B. Winstanley were the founders of "Lake Radio" WYLA-FM 94.7 first came on the air in 1996, and the format was country. The station simulcast with WYLK-FM 104.7 of Folsom, as a country combo known as "94.7/104.7 the Lake". The market that both stations programmed to was New Orleans & St. Tammany Parish; 94.7 had better coverage of areas in the southern end of the parish (New Orleans, Slidell, Mandeville, Lacombe), while 104.7 better covered the northern areas of (Covington, Folsom, Bush, and Abita Springs).
2001 to 2010
Later in 2001, Wilks Broadcasting assumed control of the stations, eventually purchasing them in 2002. In December 2001, 94.7 and 94.9 were flipped to a Hot Talk/Active Rock format as "94.9 Extreme Radio". This format lasted until November 2002, as the loss of the syndicated Opie & Anthony show, as well as Wilks' acquisition of Modern Rocker "106.7 the End", caused the stations to flip to a Gospel format as "Praise 94.9".
Citadel purchased the combo of 94's in 2003. Only to divest them to C. Wayne Dowdy's Southeastern Broadcasting company in early 2005. Pittman Broadcasting had announced the purchase of the combo the year before, only to back out due to concerns over tower space for 94.7 because of the state of Louisiana building an interchange for I-10 in the area where the signal is located.
Dowdy continued to broadcast the Gospel format until Hurricane Katrina. After the storm, 94.7 was shifted to "Radio Slidell", providing disaster information for the citizens of Slidell.
In November 2005, the "Praise" simulcast was officially broken up, as 94.7 switched to a commercial-free format of
"Lake 94.7" is run out of Dowdy's North Shore Broadcasting studios. The programming office is located in Hammond, Louisiana and the station operates a sales office in Covington, Louisiana. The tower is located in Slidell, Louisiana, where it shares space on the tower of AM station WSLA; however, the station plans to move its signal to Lacombe, Louisiana. The current tower had been flooded by Hurricane Katrina; before the storm, the transmitter had already been prone to problems.
2011 to present
As of October 2011, FCC records indicate that the 475 feet (145 m) WYLK transmitter is located just off Fish Hatchery Road, north of Lacombe. Northshore Broadcasting studios are located on Highway 190, near I-12.
External links
- Lake 94.7's website
- Lake 94.7 on Facebook
- Transmitter Location
- WYLK in the FCC FM station database
- WYLK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database