WLCL

WLCL
City Sellersburg, Indiana
Broadcast area Louisville, Kentucky
Branding 93.9 The Ville
Frequency 93.9 MHz
First air date 1990 (as WZZB)
Format Sports
ERP 2,650 watts
HAAT 152 meters (499 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 58380
Transmitter coordinates 38°15′21.70″N 85°45′29.10″W / 38.2560278°N 85.7580833°W / 38.2560278; -85.7580833
Callsign meaning Louisville CLassic Hits (former format)
Former callsigns WZZB (1990–1991)
WQKC (1991–2008)
WLCL (2008-2011)
WAYI (2011-2014)
Affiliations ESPN Radio, NBC Sports Radio
Owner UB Louisville, LLC
Sister stations WHBE, WHBE-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website 939theville.com

WLCL (93.9 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Sellersburg, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky area. The station is owned by Union Broadcasting.

History

The station was licensed as WZZB on February 1, 1990. On May 24, 1991, the station's license was deleted (DWZZB) but it was later relicensed as WQKC.[1]

WQKC changed its sports radio format to classic hits on November 20, 2008, after changing its call letters to WLCL. On August 2, 2010 WLCL and WQKC went silent after Cumulus decided to cease operations in the Louisville market.[2]

In 2011, the station returned to the air as WAYI, carrying the Christian Rock format originating with the WAY-FM Network, which ran the station, still under the ownership of Cumulus Media, in a local marketing agreement (LMA).[3]

On April 1, 2014, WAY-FM programming was removed from WAYI.[4] The station went silent on April 25, 2014, and returned to previous call letters WLCL on May 1, 2014.[5]

It was announced in late 2014 that Union Broadcasting, which also owns sports radio stations WHBE (AM) and WHBE-FM in the Louisville market, would purchase WLCL from Cumulus Media.[6] WLCL resumed operations on January 14, 2015 broadcasting ESPN Radio full-time.[7] The purchase by Union Broadcasting closed on January 21, 2015, at a price of $3.138 million. The station now is an affiliate of NBC Sports Radio.

References

  1. ↑ "WLCL Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "With no notice, Cumulus signs off an AM and FM in Louisville". Radio-Info.com. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ FCC authorisation for WAYI and associated stations, November 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152308560387170&set=a.480131772169.269827.26737372169&type=1&stream_ref=10>
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History".
  6. ↑ "Union Broadcasting Acquires 93.9 WLCL Louisville".
  7. ↑ "CDBS Print".


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