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| Broadcast area | Florence-Muscle Shoals |
| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1240 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 |
Last air date | 2024 |
| Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4769 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°47′01″N87°42′15″W / 34.78361°N 87.70417°W |
| Translator(s) | 97.1 W246BS (Florence) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WBCF (1240 kHz, "NewsTalk 1240") was an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. [2] Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcast to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The station was owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc.
WBCF went on the air in 1946, [3] and featured programming from Westwood One, CBS News Radio, and Fox News Radio. [4]
Company namesake Benny Carle was, from the 1950s through the 1970s, a children's show host on Birmingham and Huntsville television stations, the latter of which (the present WAFF-TV) he was a minority owner.
The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on January 2, 2025. [5]
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