WKLB (AM)

WKLB 104.5FM and 1290AM is a radio station broadcasting a Rock & Roll, Country and Contemporary Christian format. It is licensed to Manchester, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Robert Rodgers and Curt Davis, through licensee Sonshine Broadcasting Company, Ltd., and features programming from Fox News Radio and the Kentucky News Network.[1]

For the FM radio station in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, see WKLB-FM.
WKLB / W283AH
CityManchester, Kentucky
Branding"The Double Shot"
Frequency1290 kHz
Repeater(s)W283AH (104.5 MHz)
First air date1980
FormatRock & Roll, Country and Contemporary Christian music
PowerAM: 5,000 watts day
34 watts night
FM: 100 watts
HAATFM: 202.3 meters
ClassAM: D
FM: D
Facility IDAM: 3964
FM: 155902
Transmitter coordinates37°8′15″N 83°46′50″W
AffiliationsKentucky News Network
OwnerRobert Rodgers and Curt Davis
(Sonshine Broadcasting Company, Ltd.)

In 1983 WKLB received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase its power to 5000 watts, making it one of the most powerful AM radio stations in the Kentucky Mountains.[2] Its 5000 watt signal covers a good portion of the Kentucky Mountains. The station's range reaches as far east as Knott County, Kentucky, as far west as Somerset, Kentucky, as far north as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in Campton, Kentucky, and as far south as Jellico, Tennessee on interstate 75.

The station has broadcast Clay County High School football, and boys' and girls' basketball games since first going on the air in 1980. WKLB 1290/104.5 has exclusive rights to the University of Kentucky football and men's and women's basketball via contract with IMG.


The original founder of WKLB was Larry and Lynda Barker of Barker Broadcasting. WKLB is named after its founders. WKLB remained country in format with a popular morning talk show The SwapShop featuring host “Cornbread” from 1980 until it was sold in 2015.

References
  1. "WKLB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WKLB". REBOUND AMERICA. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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