WBCF (AM)

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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
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
Webcast Listen Live
Website wbcf.com

WBCF (1240 kHz, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. [1] 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. [2]

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. "WBCF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.