WAYK
radio station in Valley Station, Kentucky
WAYK (105.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Valley Station, Kentucky, United States, serving the Louisville metropolitan area as an owned-and-operated station of the WAY-FM Network. WAY-FM is also heard on WAYI (104.3 FM) in nearby Charlestown, Indiana.
History
It was assigned the call letters WVSL in 1991, while it was still a construction permit. The station was built and began testing its signal in the spring of 1993. The station officially signed on the air on September 1, 1993. It had an active rock format as "QMF Too," in reference to then-sister station WQMF (105.9 changed to the WQNF call letters).
In July 1995, the station shifted to modern rock, rebranded as "Q105.9", and changed call sign to WXNU in December 1995. The station would be sold to Cox Radio in the summer of 1995. On September 13, 1996, it flipped to Modern AC as "Hits 105.9", and later took the call sign WHTE. This was short-lived; in August 1997, WRVI, its rock adult contemporary format, and "River" branding moved from 94.7 FM to 105.9. The format would later shift to all-80s hits.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “WAYK” as radio station in Valley Station, Kentucky. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Valley Station, Kentucky. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7956025. Authority coordinates are 38.174, -85.914. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “WAYK”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow WAYK primary sources, WAYK archive and WAYK research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “WAYK”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “WAYK” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.