WLOC (AM 1150 / FM 101.7 Translator) is a radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Munfordville, Kentucky, United States, the station is located Horse Cave, Kentucky, USA and serves surrounding cities and counties.
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| Broadcast area | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Frequency | 1150 kHz |
| Branding | Studio 101 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Variety |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forbis Communications, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | June 12, 1956[1] |
Call sign meaning | "We love our caves" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58352 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 61 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°16′9″N 85°54′56″W / 37.26917°N 85.91556°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.7 W269DD (Munfordville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wloconline.com |
The station is currently owned by Forbis Communications, Inc.[3]
History
editThe station signed on the air on June 12, 1956, under ownership of South Central Broadcasting Company of Campbellsville.[1]: 131 Stock in the station's parent company was sold to then-mayor of Munfordville Jim Berry in 1960; Berry would sign on WLOC-FM (now WLLI) four years later.
Following Berry's death in 1992, the station went silent due to financial and legal difficulties.[1]: 131 The station returned to the air in February 1993 with new [4]
In 1998, WLOC was acquired by Hart County Communications,[5] while its FM sister station was acquired by Royse Radio of Glasgow. WLOC's current owner, Forbis Communications, acquired the station in December 2003.[6]
In the mid-2010s, the station launched a low-powered FM translator, W269DD, to simulcast its AM radio programming at 101.7 megahertz.
Notable guests at the station
editDuring the early 1990s, southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters, originally from neighboring Metcalfe County, Kentucky, made regular appearances on WLOC's local talent program, Chittlin' Time. In 1991, the band also recorded a music video for their hit single, Chittlin' Time, at the station's studio.[1]: 131 [7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. ISBN 9781879688933.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLOC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WLOC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994, page B152.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, page D183.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009, page D243.
- ^ "Melissa Johnston to be in Headhunters' video". Grayson County News-Gazette. July 29, 1991. p. 8.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 58352 (WLOC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLOC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 26648 (W269DD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W269DD at FCCdata.org
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