KYMK-FM (106.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station located in Maurice, Louisiana, broadcasting to the Lafayette, Louisiana area. KYMK airs an alternative rock music format branded as "106.3 Radio Lafayette."[2][3] Pittman flipped 106.3 to urban contemporary (as "The Juice 106.3") in 2009. Before that, they flipped to Hot AC from Jones Radio Networks' Smooth Jazz format on Friday, March 28, 2008. On March 31, the station officially switched calls from KKSJ to KYMK. As a smooth jazz-formatted station, KKSJ was branded as "Smooth Jazz 106".
Broadcast area | Lafayette metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
Branding | 106.3 Radio Lafayette |
Programming | |
Format | Alternative rock |
Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KVOL, KFXZ, KFXZ-FM KLWB-FM, KOGM, KXKW-LD, KLWB KDCG-CD, KXKW-LP, KSLO-FM, KSLO | |
History | |
First air date | 1985 (as KFXZ) |
Former call signs | KFXZ (1985–2004) KFXZ-FM (8/18/2004-8/26/2004) KKSJ (2004–2008) |
Call sign meaning | Jumbled representation of the word "Monkey" (former Hot AC branding) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 11605 |
Class | A |
ERP | 2,100 watts |
HAAT | 105 meters (344 ft) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1063radiolafayette.com |
KYMK's studios are located on Evangeline Thruway in Carencro, and its transmitter is located southwest of Maurice in rural Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
Current on-air staff
editLeblanc - Mornings
Morgan Pierce - Middays and Homegrown (specialty show)
Brigette Rose - Afternoons
Clint Domingue - Weeknights and Saturdays
Tanya Ardoin - Sundays (specialty show)
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KYMK-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Brian 'Hammer' Panerali Joins 106.3 Radio Layfayette For Afternoons Radioinsight - August 24, 2022
- ^ "10 Questions with ... Tanya Ardoin". allaccess.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
External links
edit- 106Three Radio Lafayette
- Facility details for Facility ID 11605 (KYMK-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KYMK-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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