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| Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1040 kHz |
| Branding | Spirit & Truth |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | LCR Partners, L.P. |
| History | |
First air date | October 29, 1955 (at 1470 AM) |
Former call signs | WSAC (1955–1984) WBUL (1984–1999) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58742 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,500 watts days only |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°0′11.00″N 85°40′51.00″W / 38.0030556°N 85.6808333°W |
| Translator(s) | 94.9 MHz W235CZ (Fisherville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WLCR (1040 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format. It is licensed to Mount Washington, Kentucky, and serves the Louisville metropolitan area. It carries programming from EWTN Radio and is owned by LCR Partners, L.P.[2]
WLCR is a Class D daytimer station. AM 1040 is a clear channel frequency reserved for WHO Des Moines. By day, WLCR is powered at 1,500 watts non-directional. But to avoid interference to WHO, WLCR must leave the airwaves at night. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W235CZ at 94.9 MHz in Fisherville.
History
[edit]The station signed on the air on October 29, 1955.[3] Its original call sign was WSAC and it was licensed to Radcliff. WSAC was owned by the Fort Knox Broadcasting Company. It has always been a daytime-only station. In 1958, it moved to Fort Knox at 1470 AM.[4]
In its early years, the station aired a Top 40 format. It changed its call sign to WBUL on August 20, 1984, and became an adult contemporary station. WBUL was a former Louisville market affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40, which was usually heard on contemporary hit FM stations. This lasted for a short time until 99.7 WDJX, an FM contemporary station in Louisville, began carrying the program.
On May 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to the current WLCR.[5] It began broadcasting Catholic programming, mostly from the EWTN Radio Network.
The call letters WLCR were once assigned to an AM station in Torrington, Connecticut. That station began broadcasting January 1, 1948, on 990 kHz with 1 kW power.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLCR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WLCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1957 page 126. Retrieved Jan. 10, 2025.
- ^ "History Cards for WLCR". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ^ "WLCR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Torrington Station Operating on 1 kw" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 5, 1948. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 58742 (WLCR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLCR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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