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WUKY (91.3 FM) is the flagship National Public Radio station in Lexington, Kentucky. Owned by the University of Kentucky, it is an Adult Album Alternative (Indie Rock) station that airs more than 100 hours of music per week, in addition to programming from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC, and American Public Media. Studios are located in McVey Hall on the UK campus. ==History== WUKY began broadcasting on October 17, 1940 as WBKY, a 100-watt station in Beattyville. However, it has always been owned by UK. In 1945, the operation moved to its current home in McVey Hall at UK. The station helped create NPR, and was one of the 90 stations that carried the inaugural broadcast of ''All Things Considered'' when it debuted in 1971. On October 1, 1989; WBKY changed its call letters to WUKY to better reflect its affiliation with UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History )〕 Longtime ''All Things Considered'' host Noah Adams began his career at WBKY. WUKY is supported by its listeners, who give regularly to the station. It also receives funding from UK, as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and its underwriters. Its main competition is WEKU, owned by Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Lexington is one of the smallest markets with two competing full NPR member stations. In 2006, WUKY built a new HD Radio-capable tower at Clays Ferry on the Kentucky River. It is the first HD Radio station in Lexington, and the first to multi-cast. It now streams three digital channels. The first is a simulcast of the analog signal, the second airs an extended schedule of NPR news and talk, and the third simulcasts the Jazz 24 all-jazz service from KPLU in Tacoma, Washington. In 2007, WUKY debuted its online-only arts and music magazine, (tonic ). It, along with all three digital streams, can be heard at the station's website, (wuky.org ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WUKY」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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