WYLK

WYLK, also known as Lake 94.7, is a Hot Adult Contemporary radio station serving the St. Tammany Parish area. Owned by former Mississippi congressman C. Wayne Dowdy under the company name North Shore Broadcasting Co., Inc., the station is licensed to Lacombe, Louisiana, and broadcasts at 94.7 MHz with an ERP of 2,900 watts.

History

1996 to 2001

Charles K. And Carlie B. Winstanley were the founders of "Lake Radio" WYLA-FM 94.7 first came on the air in 1996, and the format was country. The station simulcast with WYLK-FM 104.7 of Folsom, as a country combo known as "94.7/104.7 the Lake". The market that both stations programmed to was New Orleans & St. Tammany Parish; 94.7 had better coverage of areas in the southern end of the parish (New Orleans, Slidell, Mandeville, Lacombe), while 104.7 better covered the northern areas of (Covington, Folsom, Bush, and Abita Springs).

Styles Broadcasting bought the stations in 1999 from Charles K.& Carlie B. Winstanley (The Radio Company), who were the founders and original owners of both stations. Winstanley also owned stations WPCF-FM & WDLP in Panama City, Florida along with WQXY 100.7 in Baton Rouge in the late 1960s. Winstanley also owned an interest in KCIL/KJIN in Houma plus interests in other radio properties in the Southeast. While 104.7 moved to a Smooth Jazz format as "Shore 104.7", 94.7 continued as a country station. However, it now simulcasted with WSJZ 94.9 out of Reserve, as "K94"; the station was a successful country simulcast to the New Orleans market. This lasted until 2000, when 94.9 was flipped to the Smooth Jazz format itself. 104.7 was eventually divested to C. Wayne Dowdy that same year. 94.7 returned to simulcasting 94.9, albeit with the Smooth Jazz format, in January 2001.