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WHAY

Field	Value
name	WHAY
city	Whitley City, Kentucky
branding	(Hay) 98 Free Range Radio!
frequency	98.3 MHz
airdate
format	Americana
erp	5.1 kW = 5,100 watts
haat	108.0 m
class	A
facility_id	67124
coordinates
former_callsigns	DWHAY (June–September 1992)
former_frequencies	105.9 MHz (1992-2000)
affiliations	Kentucky News Network
owner	H L COM, INC (Linda Lavender, Administrator)
website	[hay98.com](http://www.hay98.com/)
licensing_authority	FCC

WHAY (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to and located in Whitley City, Kentucky playing a full-service format. The station is owned by H L Com, Inc. (Linda Lavender, Administrator).

History

The Federal Communications Commission has granted the construction permit for WHAY on November 29, 1989. The station signed on the air one year and two days later, on December 1, 1990,

WHAY is the successor station in McCreary County after WEQO (1220 kHz) permanently went off the air in 1992 after 17 years on the air as a country station. Ownership of the AM station's assets was purchased by the management of WHAY, but the WEQO license was already deleted from the FCC's records. On June 12, 1992, the station went off the air temporarily, but returned to the air three months later.

In 2000, in addition to a power increase, the station moved to its current frequency of 98.3 megahertz. Along with that, the station began broadcasting its Americana format, with a variety of music such as bluegrass, country, and rock oldies.

Programming

The station consist of many shows. Some of which include Swap-n-Shop, Eclectic Circus, Americana Masters, Country Turnpike, Grateful Dead Hour and many others! The station plays an eclectic mix from Americana to classic country, bluegrass, blues and rock music.

The Kentucky News Network provides hourly news updates.

References

"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2010. p. D-249. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf]
"WHAY Call Sign History". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
"WHAY Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
Nash, Francis M.. (1995). "Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State". Host Communications Incorporated.
"Home". hay98.com.

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