WYNK-FM

WYNK-FM (101.5 FM) is a Country music formatted radio station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Many credit WYNK with instituting the first "top forty country format" in the country. Its studios are located east of downtown Baton Rouge near the I-10/I-12 interchange and its transmitter is in Plaquemine, Louisiana.

History

WYNK-FM has been on the country format scene since December 7, 1968 and has managed to hold off a lot of competitors ever since. Its AM sister station, WYNK, was originally known as WEND and began broadcasting in the 1950s. In the late 1950s the call sign was changed to WYNK. WYNK experienced financial problems in the early '60s and went off the air for a time, only to return under new ownership and great success beginning on October 31, 1962. The force behind this rise to excellence is credited to R. D. McGregor. MeGregor sold his interest in 1983 to Hicks Broadcasting, a company that would eventually become Capstar before merging with Clear Channel Communications. WYNK's AM sister station (since renamed WPYR) was sold to Davidson Media in 2007.

WPYR

WPYR (1380 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station currently airs a Catholic programming format.

History

WPYR was originally WYNK, a Country music outlet until its format was moved to the FM side. The station signed on in 1956 and was affiliated with ABC Radio and Mutual. In the 1990s, WPYR switched to Radio Disney, followed by a syndicated talk format in 2002.

In 2005, WPYR became the Baton Rouge affiliate of Air America Radio.

In late 2007, the station switched to Clear Channel's Hallelujah Contemporary Gospel music format.

In 2008, WPYR was sold to Michael Glitner, who then exchanged WPYR for station WBZK in York, South Carolina, which was owned by Pamal Broadcasting and is near Glitner's new home in South Carolina.

Following the station swap, WPYR returned with a new Spanish format. The station is broadcasting a simulcast of WFNO's "La Fabulosa 830".

In August 2009, Catholic Community Radio, Inc. signed a purchase agreement with the Davidson Media Group intending to buy the station and switch to a Catholic format for the Baton Rouge area.