WKYW (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, and owned by CapCity Communications. It airs a classic rock format branded "93.5 The Goat" reflecting its relay on FM translator W228CL (93.5 FM).
The transmitter is located in Frankfort off of Devils Hollow Road (KY 1005).FCCdata.org/WKYW
History The station signed on the air on March 18, 1946.Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-158. Retrieved Jan. 26, 2026. It was powered at 250 watts and was owned by the Frankfort Broadcasting Company. For most of its history, it had the call sign WFKY, standing for Frankfort, Kentucky. Those call letters are now on sister station WFKY 104.9 FM.
In 2007, 1490 WFKY was acquired by Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel (forerunner to today's iHeartMedia) switched the station's call letters to WKYW and its format to classic hits, branded as "Passport Radio 1490".Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-239. Retrieved Jan. 26, 2026.
In 2015, FM translator W228CL began broadcasting on FM frequency 93.5 MHz as a simulcast of WKYW.
On April 1, 2021, WKYW and W228CL split from their simulcast with WFRT and WKYL and launched a hot adult contemporary format, branded as "Pop Radio 93.5".Pop Radio Debuts In Frankfort Radioinsight - April 13, 2021
On January 2, 2026, WKYW and W228CL changed to classic rock, branded as “93.5 The Goat”.
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