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| Broadcast area | Jackson Purchase |
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| Frequency | 1290 kHz |
| Branding | Great Oldies 99.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Affiliations | St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network[1] UK Sports Network[3] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCCK, WCBL-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | December 13, 1954[4] |
Call sign meaning | Calvert City-Benton-Lakes[5] |
| Technical information[6] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53943 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 53 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°51′31″N 88°20′11″W / 36.85861°N 88.33639°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.marshallcountydaily.com |
| Simulcast station | |
| WCBL-FM | |
| Frequency | 99.1 MHz |
| History | |
First air date | 1966 |
Former frequencies | 102.3 MHz[4] |
| Technical information[7] | |
| Facility ID | 53944 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 16,000 watts |
| HAAT | 127 meters (417 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°51′31″N 88°20′11″W / 36.85861°N 88.33639°W |
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Public license information | |
WCBL (1290 AM) is an oldies-formatted radio station licensed to Benton. Kentucky, United States, and serving the broader Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky, including Paducah. The station is owned by Jim Freeland in conjunction with Calvert City, Kentucky–licensed classic country station WCCK (95.7 FM) The station's studios and transmitter are located on Eggner's Ferry Road in Benton.[8]
In addition to its primary AM signal, WCBL is also simulcast on full-power station WCBL-FM (99.1 MHz). Licensed to Grand Rivers, it broadcasts from a transmitter in rural southern Livingston County southeast of Smithland.
- ^ "Kentucky Radio". St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network. St. Louis Cardinals/Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Titans Radio Affiliates". Titans Radio Network. Cumulus Media. August 1, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "UK Sports Network Radio Affiliates". UK Sports Network. Kentucky Wildcats. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and Television in the Bluegrass State. Lexington, Kentucky: HOST Communications. p. 82 and 83.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCBL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCBL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ WCBL-FM 99.1 MHz - Grand Rivers, KY