WCLS

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WCLS
WCLS logo.png
Broadcast area Bloomington, Indiana
Frequency 97.7 MHz
BrandingClassic Hits 97.7
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerMid-America Radio of Indiana
History
First air date
March 14, 1983 (1983-03-14) (as WLSO)
Former call signs
  • WLSO (1983–1988)
  • WSKT (1988–2005)
Call sign meaning
"Classic Hits"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 61922
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°13′22.00″N86°38′40.00″W / 39.2227778°N 86.6444444°W / 39.2227778; -86.6444444
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wcls977.com

WCLS (97.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Spencer, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Bloomington area with a classic hits format. The station is owned by Mid-America Radio of Indiana. [2] [3]

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The station is an affiliate of the IndyCar Radio Network, and carries the only live and legal broadcast of the Indianapolis 500.

History

The station went on the air as WLSO on March 14, 1983. On August 18, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WSKT. It again changed its call sign on October 23, 2005, to its present name of WCLS. [4]

The call letters were previously assigned to a station in Columbus, Georgia (now WIOL), to a station in Detroit, Michigan (now WYCD), and to a station in Oscoda, Michigan (now WWTH).

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCLS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WCLS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WCLS Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "WCLS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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