WBCF (AM)

Last updated
WBCF
Broadcast area Florence-Muscle Shoals
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1240
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations Bloomberg Radio
Fox News Radio
CBS News Radio
NBC News Radio
Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerBenny Carle Broadcasting, Inc.
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 / 34.78361; -87.70417
Translator(s) 97.1 W246BS (Florence)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wbcf.com

WBCF (1240 kHz, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. [2] Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcasts to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area.

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History

The station is currently owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from Westwood One, CBS Radio, and Fox News Radio. [3]

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.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WBCF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WBCF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.