WCYO is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine, Kentucky

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, USA, the station serves Richmond, Kentucky and surrounding communities, including Lexington. The station is currently owned by Wallingford Communications.

History

The station went on the air as WCYO on 1988-03-24. on 1991-04-05, the station changed its call sign to the current WCYO.

On-Air

The current on-air line up includes local favorites Karl Shannon from 6am-10am and Jason Bailey (from the morning show Bandy & Bailey) from 10am-3pm. Steve Bentley joined The Coyote in August of 2011 for afternoon drive (3pm-7pm) from WNGC in Athens, Georgia. Syndicated Lia Knight is on from 7pm-12am. On Friday Nights, Randall Scott hosts "Classic Request Live". Charlie Hall's "Bluegrass Express" currently airs on Sunday nights from 6pm-10pm.

Sports Programming

100.7 The Coyote is the flagship station for Eastern Kentucky University Colonels sports.