WKDQ

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WKDQ
City of license	Henderson, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Evansville, Indiana
Branding	99.5 WKDQ
Slogan	The Tri-State's Country Station
Frequency	99.5 (MHz)
Format	country music
ERP	98,000 watts
Owner	Regent Communications
Website	http://www.wkdq.com

WKDQ is a country music radio station in Henderson, Kentucky radio market, broadcasting to Evansville, Indiana. It broadcasts on the frequency modulation 99.5 Mhz. The owner is Regent Communications.

Contents 1 HISTORY 2 Other Facts 3 ON AIR 4 External links

[edit] HISTORY

WKDQ was a AC/oldies hybrid in the 80s, while it did reasonable, management saw more of a opportunity to Challenge then WYNG(now WJLT) and WBKR and flipped WKDQ to country in 1992. The station instantly became a success, supplanting WYNG and WBKR and eventually WYNG was isolated to a rimshot signal and then completly eliminated in favor of Sports Talk under ESPN Radio. (Ironically, WYNG and WBKR were both clustered with WKDQ in 2000 and WBKR is still owned by Regent along with WKDQ, WYNG was sold to Russ Withers and went AC. WKDQ still is the top rated station in Evansville to this day despite the presence of sister WBKR(though WBKR more or less targets Owensboro) and a new rival, WLFW(formerly WJPS) owned by South Central

[edit] Other Facts

During severe weather situations, the audio of WEHT ABC 25's weather coverage is streamed on WKDQ until the severe weather has moved out of the listening area[1].

[edit] ON AIR

Weekdays

• 5a-10a The Donut Holes(Jon Prell and Gene Stewart
• 10a-3p Big Bill Love
• 3p-7p Sam Yates
• 7p-12a Lia
• 12a-5a Danny Wright

Saturday

• 6a-10a Country Classics with Jon Prell
• 10a-2p Gregg Buickel or Arron Ridden
• 2p-7p Lynn Blue
• 7p-12a Lia

Sunday

• 11a-12p New Music Nashville
• 12p-4p Bob Kingsley's Top 40
• 4p-8p Lynn Blue
• 8p-12a Arron Ridden

[edit] External links

• 99.5 WKDQ website