WBMP (AM)

The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from Compass Media Networks.

[4] The station was owned by the Paducah Sun-Democrat;[3] this marked the newspaper's return to broadcasting, as it operated WIAR in the 1920s.

[6] Paducah Newspapers sold WKYB to Bruce Barrington, owner of WEW in St. Louis, in 1957; the sale came as the company prepared to launch television station WPSD-TV.

[9] Later that year, the station was transferred to KICKS of Kentucky; Shofield retained 40 percent of the new company, with George G. Beasley, William R. Britt, and WKYX manager James E. Harrelson each acquiring 20 percent stakes.

[11] On December 26, 2022, WKYX and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from a news/talk simulcast with sister stations WKYX-FM and WNGO and changed their format to urban contemporary, branded as "102.5/100.9 The Beat".