WFKN (1220 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

format. Licensed to

Franklin, Kentucky Franklin is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. The county is located on the south central border of the state, and its population was 10,176 at the 2020 census. Kentucky Downs, formerl ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by the

Paxton Media Group Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, is a privately held media company with holdings that include newspapers and a TV station, WPSD-TV in Paducah. David M. Paxton is president and CEO. The company owns 32 daily newspapers and numerous wee ...

through WFKN, LLC, and features programming from Cumulus Media Networks' " Best Country Today" network. The station shares ownership with Franklin's local paper, the weekly ''Franklin Favorite''.

History

The station began operations in April 1954 under ownership of the ''Franklin Favorite'', a weekly newspaper. Although it was acquired by the ''Henderson Gleaner-Journal'' in 1974, the station remained under control of the ''Favorite''. The station has long gone without any FM companion until the mid-2010s, when low-power translator W222CZ was launched.

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FKN Franklin, Kentucky Country radio stations in Kentucky {{Kentucky-radio-station-stub