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The Essentials

Call Letters: WYNG-FM
Frequency: 94.9fm
City of License: Mt. Carmel, Illinois
Metro(s): Evansville
Power: 50,000 watts @ 492 feet (Class B)
Format: Contemporary Christian
Address: 1425 N. Market Blvd, Suite 9, Sacramento, CA 95834-1939
Address: 8120 Knue Road, Indianapolis, IN 46250-1937
Phone: 800.434.8400
Phone: 317.570.3122
Ownership: Educational Media Foundation
Web Presence: http://www.klove.com

Station Personnel

Current

Mornings: Amy Baumann (6am - 11am)
Mornings: Mike Kankelfritz ("Kankelfritz") (6am - 11am)
Mornings: Skip Mahaffey ("Skip") (6am - 11am) (October 2016 - Current) (From mornings at KPLX in Dallas, Texas)
Middays: Kelli Caldwell (11am - 4pm)
Evenings: Scott Smith (4pm - 9pm)
Overnights: Larry Wayne (9pm - 3am)
Overnights: Monika Kelly (3am - 6am)

Former

WYER-FM

WRBT-FM

WTRI-FM

VP/GM: Don Griffin (May 1999 - January 2001)
GSM: Phil Gabbard
OM: Johnny Randolph
PD: Dave West
PD: Alan Watters
Mornings: Dave West (6am - 12pm)
Afternoons: Ferrin McCree (12pm - 6pm)
Afternoons: Alan Watters

WKRI-FM

VP/GM: Don Griffin (May 1999 - ?)
SM: April Mitchell
OM/PD: Mike Sanders (1991 - ?; OM/PD: August 2001 - ?) (Also OM/PD at sister WGBF(AM))

WYNG-FM

Mornings: Rodger Beard (6am - 9am)
Mornings: Craig West (6am - 11am) (November 4, 2011 - May 2016)
Operations Assistant: Denise Hodges
Operations Assistant: Josh Baxter
Airstaff: Josh Baxter

Station History

94.9fm signed on November 28, 1960.

WYER-FM

CHR format.

WRBT-FM

WTRI-FM

Classic Rock format. The Original Company sold it to Connoisseur, who then was bought out by Cumulus. When the Connoisseur/Cumulus deal closed, Cumulus immediately spun off the station to Clear Channel to raise capital. Studios located at 1133 Lincoln Avenue, Suite B, Evansville, IN 47714-1054 (Telephone: 812.425.4226). WTRI's website address was http://www.tri95.com. WTRI became WKRI in January 2001.

WKRI-FM

Soft AC format. Studios located at 1133 Lincoln Avenue, Suite B, Evansville, IN 47714-1054 (Telephone: 812.425.4226). In March 2002, WKRI flipped formats from classic rock to soft AC. In January 2004, Regent Communications, Inc. bought WKRI. The deal completed an exchange of four Regent-owned Duluth, Minnesota radio stations and $2.7 million cash to Clear Channel for the five Evansville stations. WKRI's website address was http://www.tri95.com/.

WYNG-FM

WYNG flipped formats from Country to Sports on November 1, 2004. Regent Communications, Inc. sold WYNG to Withers Broadcasting in 2006. The format changed from Sports to Adult Contemporary on January 31, 2006 at 6:00PM. Former website address: http://www.wyng949.com. Studios formerly located at 127 West 3rd Street, Mount Carmel, IL 62863-1501. In January 2016, WYNG, LLC sold WYNG for $450,000 to Educational Media Foundation.

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