Organizations WBKY (Radio station : Lexington, Ky.)

WBKY

The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed the name to University of Kentucky. The new president took up the investigating committee's recommendation to write a constitution, which provided for a faculty-administration university senate. A graduate school was established in 1924. Among the new buildings was a central library. Enrollment doubled the first year after World War I and doubled again in the 1920s, totaling 4,992 in 1932, when the impact of the Depression was greatest. Emphasis upon nonstate funding continued. In 1988-89 $60 million in research grants and contracts and $22 million in developmental gifts were awarded. WBKY established itself at 91.3 in the new FM band in 1947 making it the first FM college radio station in the United States. The broadcast facilities and transmitter were located in McVey Hall on the University of Kentucky's main campus. The station was on the air nightly for three hours, every evening, five nights each week. In 1971, WBKY became a charter member of National Public Radio. On October 1, 1989, WBKY became WUKY and in January of 1990 and the transmitting wattage was increased to 100,000 watts. From the description of WBKY audio tape collection, 1965-1970. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 213415120

Alternate Names: WBKY-FM (Radio station : Lexington, Ky.), WBKY-FM
Owned by: University of Kentucky
Associated Place(s): Kentucky, Appalachian Region, Lexington (Ky.), Kentucky--Lexington, United States of America
Associated Subject(s):  Radio plays, Radio stations, Folk songs, Public radio, Public service radio programs

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