WYNK-FM
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WYNK-FM is a Country music
formatted radio station
licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. The Clear Channel Communications
station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Many credit WYNK with instituting the first "top forty country format" in the country.
WYNK served as the flagship station for the nationally-syndicated "Big D and Bubba
" show from 1999 until 2003. The show is still broadcast on WYNK, but is now based in Nashville, TN at flagship WSIX.
is the current voice of Scooby Doo in the cartoon series and was the voice of Scrappy Doo in the 2002 live action film
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Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
formatted radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. The Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
station broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Many credit WYNK with instituting the first "top forty country format" in the country.
History
WYNK-FM has been on the country format scene since December 7, 1968 and has managed to hold off a lot of competitors ever since. Its AM sister station, WYNK, was originally known as WEND and began broadcasting in the 1950s. In the late 1950s the call sign was changed to WYNK. WYNK experienced financial problems in the early '60s and went off the air for a time, only to return under new ownership and great success beginning on October 31, 1962. The force behind this rise to excellence is credited to R. D. McGregor. MeGregor sold his interest in 1983 to Hicks Broadcasting, a company that would eventually become Capstar before merging with Clear Channel Communications. WYNK's AM sister station (since renamed WPYR) was sold to Davidson Media in 2007.WYNK served as the flagship station for the nationally-syndicated "Big D and Bubba
Big D and Bubba
The Big D and Bubba Show is a nationally syndicated radio show airing daily on over 50 FM radio stations. The show is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.-Early beginnings and self-syndication:...
" show from 1999 until 2003. The show is still broadcast on WYNK, but is now based in Nashville, TN at flagship WSIX.
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Afternoon driver Scott InnesScott Innes
Scott Innes is an American author, songwriter, voice actor, and radio personality.He became known as the new voice of Scooby-Doo in the Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movies made between 1998 and 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he also voiced Scooby's best friend and owner Norville "Shaggy" Rogers...
is the current voice of Scooby Doo in the cartoon series and was the voice of Scrappy Doo in the 2002 live action film
Scooby-Doo (film)
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 American comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon series Scooby-Doo about a group of young detectives and their talking dog. It is the first installment in the Scooby-Doo live action film series...
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