KNEK (AM)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

KNEK-AM
City of license	Washington, Louisiana
Broadcast area	Lafayette metropolitan area
Branding	Q95-5
Slogan	#1 for Real Hip-Hop and R&B
Frequency	1190 kHz
Format	Urban Contemporary
Power	250 Watts (Daytime)
Class	D
Owner	Citadel Broadcasting
Sister stations	KNEK-FM, KRRQ, KSMB, KXKC

KNEK-AM (branded as Q95-5) airs a simulcast of sister station KRRQ's Urban Contemporary format in the Lafayette area. It broadcasts at 1190 AM and is under ownership of Citadel Broadcasting. It was a sister station of KNEK-FM until it was sold to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC upon merger of ABC Radio. Now that Citadel has swapped KRDJ with KNEK-FM, they're now sister stations again.

Because it shares the same frequency as clear channel (border blaster) station XEWK-AM at Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico, this station only operates during the Daytime hours.

KNEK started as a country and western station owned by Dee Sylvester and had a popular radio personality named Cholly Charles in the mid 1980s. The station aired from 6 am to sunset playing country music and broadcasting local news and sports along with agricultural updates for the farmers of St. Landry Parish.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KNEK
• Radio Locator information on KNEK
• Darnell's Black Radio Guide - Louisiana Stations

This article about a radio station in Louisiana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.