KYMK-FM (106.3

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) is a commercial

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located in

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, broadcasting to the

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area. KYMK airs an

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branded as "106.3 Radio Lafayette." Pittman flipped 106.3 to urban contemporary (as "The Juice 106.3") in 2009. Before that, they flipped to Hot AC from

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' Smooth Jazz format on Friday, March 28, 2008. On March 31, the station officially switched calls from KKSJ to KYMK. As a smooth jazz-formatted station, KKSJ was branded as "Smooth Jazz 106". KYMK's studios are located on Evangeline Thruway in Carencro, and its transmitter is located southwest of Maurice in rural

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Current on-air staff

Leblanc - Mornings Morgan Pierce - Middays and Homegrown (specialty show) Brigette Rose - Afternoons Clint Domingue - Weeknights and Saturdays Tanya Ardoin - Sundays (specialty show)

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106Three Radio Lafayette
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