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.