Princeton and Caldwell County’s radio station WPKY, The Tiger, will join Ham Broadcasting Company September 1.
Ham Broadcasting President and General Manager Beth Mann announced that Ham Broadcasting has signed a local marketing agreement with the intent to purchase WPKY in Princeton from Tiger Media Group, LLC. The sale is pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission.
Mann says she and her staff are excited to add WPKY.
right-click to download mp3Mann adds she is excited about the opportunity to grow WPKY to the next level.
right-click to download mp3She says she is looking forward to a great partnership with a community that loves its radio station.
right-click to download mp3Tiger Media Group partners Kathy and Joe McEnaney, Dann and Jaye Lynn Hughes and Lucinda Hughes purchased WPKY 1580-AM from Commonwealth Broadcasting in 2015. Joe McEnaney says their goal was to save Princetons radio station.
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Joe adds they were able to purchase WPKY 1580 AM and add a translator that can be heard at 103.3 FM.
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Managing partner Kathy McEnaney says they were able to take the broadcast to a new level at wpkyonline.com.
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Kathy notes the community support of the radio station is the reason it is still on the air three years after they purchased WPKY.
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Joe notes the goal of Tiger Media Group was to ensure Princeton and Caldwell County continued to have a radio station and find a person or company who could take it to the next level.
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He adds keeping WPKY as a locally owned radio station that continues to serve the community is vital.
right-click to download mp3WPKY originally signed on the air in 1950. The studios are currently located at 1035 West Main Street in Princeton.
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