WBKY

This article is about the current Portage, Wisconsin radio station. For a Kentucky station which held the WBKY call sign from 1940-1989, see WUKY.

WBKY (95.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Janesville and Madison areas. The station is currently owned by Magnum Communications, Inc. and features programming from AP Radio and Jones Radio Network.^[2]

WBKY

Stoughton, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Janesville, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Frequency	95.9 MHz
Branding	Bucky Country 95.9 & 99.5
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	AP Radio, Jones Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Magnum Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WNFM WRDB WNNO-FM WDLS WBOO WDDC WAUN
History
First air date	1999
Former call signs	WVZO (1992–1992) WZST (1992–1994) WUSX (1994–1996)
Call sign meaning	W BucKY Country
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	39625
Class	A
ERP	2,000 watts
HAAT	176 meters
Transmitter coordinates	42°48′02.00″N 89°03′16.00″W
Repeater(s)	107.3-4 WSJY-HD4 (Fort Atkinson)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live

History

The station was assigned the call sign WVZO on 1992-09-02. On 1992-10-12, the station changed its call sign to WZST, on 1994-07-01 to WUSX, and on 1996-03-29 to the current WBKY.^[3]

In April 2024, WBKY completed its move from Portage to Stoughton, with its new signal serving Madison and Janesville.^[4]