WANY (AM)

For the FM radio station in Albany, Kentucky, United States, see WANY-FM.

WANY (1390 AM) was a radio station licensed to Albany, Kentucky, United States. The station operated from 1958 until 2019.

WANY

Albany, Kentucky United States
Frequency	1390 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct (was Country)
Ownership
Owner	Albany Broadcasting Company (Pamela Allred DBA Albany Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations	WANY-FM
History
First air date	October 1958; 66 years ago (1958-10)[1]
Call sign meaning	Albany
Technical information
Facility ID	835
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates	36°41′54″N 85°9′0″W

History

The station began its first broadcasts in October 1958 under management by Welby Hoover, who would later put WJRS-FM on the air in Jamestown, Kentucky.^{[1]: 144, 145}

The station began simulcasting through its companion station WANY-FM upon that station's launch in 1966.^[1]: 145

WANY was last owned by Pamela Allred, through the Albany Broadcasting Company. Its license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on August 3, 2020, due to the station having been silent for more than a year.^[2] The station's final broadcast took place in 2019.