WPKE-FM
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WPKE-FM is a radio station
Radio station
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  broadcasting a Classic rock
Classic rock
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 format. Licensed to Coal Run, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by East Kentucky Broadcasting Corporation and features programing from ABC Radio  and Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
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The station is an affiliate of the weekly syndicated Pink Floyd program Floydian Slip
Floydian Slip
Floydian Slip is a weekly, one-hour syndicated radio program featuring the music of British rock band Pink Floyd.The show is created and hosted by Craig Bailey of Winooski, Vermont, who aired his first episode in January 1989 on Ithaca College's 106-VIC in Ithaca, N.Y., as a senior Television-Radio...

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History

The station went on the air as WECL then changed to WRAU on 1990-06-01. on 1993-12-27, the station changed its call sign to the current WPKE.



Previously, this station was adult contemporary "Mix 103.1".
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