WDKW

WDKW
City	Maryville, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Knoxville, Tennessee
Branding	95.7 Duke FM
Slogan	Plays The Legends Of Country
Frequency	95.7 MHz
First air date	1990 (as WGAP-FM)
Format	Classic Country
Power	6,000 watts
HAAT	98 meters (322 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	23332
Transmitter coordinates	35°49′53.0″N 84°01′25.0″W / 35.831389°N 84.023611°W / 35.831389; -84.023611
Callsign meaning	W DuKe W
Former callsigns	WYNQ (1988-1990, CP) WGAP-FM (1990-1999) WTXM (1999-2000) WTXM-FM (2000-2005) WQJK (2005-2013) WVRX (2013-2015)
Owner	Duke Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WIMZ-FM, WJXB-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	theduke.fm

WDKW (95.7 FM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Maryville, Tennessee, serving Knoxville, Tennessee. WDKW is owned and operated by Midwest Communications, Inc.^[1]

History

Logo used during the "Jack FM" format.

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 11, 1988.^[2] The new station was assigned the call sign WYNQ by the FCC on August 18, 1988.^[3] The station, still under construction, applied for a new call sign as was granted WGAP-FM on January 11, 1990.^[3] WGAP-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on December 21, 1990.^[4]

In November 1996, Gateway Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to WGAP Broadcasting Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 2, 1996, and the transaction was consummated on January 1, 1997.^[5]

In January 1999, WGAP Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Sounth Central Communications Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 29, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on February 25, 1999.^[6] The new owners had the FCC change the call sign to WTXM on April 16, 1999, and again to WTXM-FM on August 23, 2000.^[3] To accompany a format change to adult hits and a "Jack FM" branding, the station's call sign was changed to WQJK on October 28, 2005.^[3] WRJK simulcast WQJK until 2012. On August 13, 2012, WQJK flipped to Top 40 as "95.7 Power FM"^[7]

logo as 95.7 The X, 2013-2015

At midnight EDT on October 14, 2013, WQJK became WVRX and picked up the active rock format formerly on WNFZ, branding itself as "95-7 The X".^[8] WVRX simulcasted on WNFZ until November 1.^[8] On November 1, ownership of WNFZ was returned to John W. Pirkle and that station switched to News/Talk.^[9]

It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications will purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes WVRX along with Sister Stations WIMZ-FM & WJXB-FM) With this purchase, Midwest Communications will expand its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.^[10] The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.^[11]

On May 7, 2015 at 3pm, after firing the entire air staff, WVRX flipped to classic country as "95.7 Duke FM". ^[12] On May 19, 2015, WVRX changed their call letters to WDKW.

References

↑ "WDKW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19860730MJ)". FCC Media Bureau. August 11, 1988.
1 2 3 4 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
↑ "Application Search Details ()". FCC Media Bureau. December 21, 1990.
↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19961118GG)". FCC Media Bureau. January 1, 1997.
↑ "Application Search Details". FCC Media Bureau. February 25, 1999.
↑ "WQJK Ditches Jack For Top 40 '95.7 Power'" from All Access (August 13, 2012)
1 2 Venta, Lance (October 14, 2013). "Knoxville's X Makes Its Move to 95.7". Radio Insight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
↑ Venta, Lance (November 3, 2013). "WNFZ Flips To News/Talk". Radio Insight. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
↑ Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications
↑ South Central Radio Group
↑ WVRX Knoxville Prepping Duke Format Change from Radio Insight, May 7, 2015

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WDKW

Radio-Locator information on WDKW

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDKW

Knoxville, Tennessee radio stations

By AM frequency	620 730 760 850 900 990 1040 1120 1180 1240 1340 1380 1400 1490 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.7 96.3 96.7 97.5 98.7 99.1 99.3 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 103.5 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.3 107.7

By callsign	WCYQ WDKW WDVX WETR WFGW WFIV-FM WGAP WIAM-LP WIFA WIJV WIMZ-FM WITA WIVK-FM WJBE WJBZ-FM WJRV WJXB-FM WKCE WKCS WKGN WKHT WKVL WKXV WKZX-FM WLIL WMYL WNFZ WNML WNML-FM WNOX WNPZ WNRX WOFM WOKI WRJZ WUOT WUTK-FM WVLZ WWQK WWST WYFC WYLV WYSH

Defunct	WATO 1290 AM WMTY 670 AM

Tennessee radio markets Chattanooga Jackson Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Knoxville Memphis Nashville Other Tennessee radio regions Clarksville Cookeville See also List of radio stations in Tennessee

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee

Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WAXO – Lewisburg WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WDYE - Dyer WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHIN – Gallatin WHMT - Tullahoma WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKSR – Pulaski WKVL - Knoxville WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLVS-FM – Clifton WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMTN – Morristown WMUF – Henry WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNCK - Cookeville WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WOGT – East Ridge WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WOPC - Linden WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPFT – Pigeon Forge WQLA - La Follette WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIB - Selmer WSIX-FM – Nashville WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WWLX – Lawrenceburg WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington

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

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

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