City Brewton, Alabama Frequency 106.3 MHz Format Country | Branding Coyote Country First air date August 19, 1974 ERP 3,800 watts | |
WKNU (106.3 FM, "Coyote Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Brewton, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by WKNU Radio Inc.
WKNU broadcasts a country music format that includes some programming from ABC Radio. In addition to its usual music programming, the station airs Major League Baseball games as an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network and Alabama Crimson Tide football as a member of the Crimson Tide Sports Network.
History
WKNU signed on as a new FM radio station broadcasting on 106.3 MHz with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power from an antenna at 100 feet in height above average terrain. The station was owned and operated by John E. Shipp Jr. The station's original format was primarily country & western music with some hours dedicated to top 40 music, rock music, and (on Sundays) religious music.
In September 1978, John E. Shipp Jr. reached an agreement to sell this station to Hugh L. Ellington. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 11, 1978.
In July 1983, Hugh L. Ellington applied to the FCC to transfer the license for WKNU to Ellington Radio Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 29, 1983.
In January 2007, Ellington Radio Inc. reached an agreement to sell this station to WKNU Radio Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 5, 2007, and the transaction was consummated on March 13, 2007.