WLCR

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WLCR
Broadcast area Louisville metropolitan area
Frequency 1040 kHz
BrandingSpirit & Truth
Programming
Format Catholic radio
Affiliations EWTN Radio
Ownership
OwnerLCR Partners, L.P.
History
First air date
October 29, 1955;69 years ago (1955-10-29) (at 1470 AM)
Former call signs
WSAC (1955–1984)
WBUL (1984–1999)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 58742
Class D
Power 1,500 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates
 38°0′11.00″N85°40′51.00″W / 38.0030556°N 85.6808333°W / 38.0030556; -85.6808333
Translator(s) 94.9 MHz  W235CZ (Fisherville)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wlcr.org

WLCR (1040 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format. It is licensed to Mount Washington, Kentucky, and serves the Louisville metropolitan area. It carries programming from EWTN Radio and is owned by LCR Partners, L.P. [2]

Contents

WLCR is a Class D daytimer station. AM 1040 is a clear channel frequency reserved for WHO Des Moines. By day, WLCR is powered at 1,500 watts non-directional. But to avoid interference to WHO, WLCR must leave the airwaves at night. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W235CZ at 94.9 MHz in Fisherville.

History

The station signed on the air on October 29, 1955;69 years ago. [3] Its original call sign was WSAC and it was licensed to Radcliff. WSAC was owned by the Fort Knox Broadcasting Company. It has always been a daytime-only station. In 1958, it moved to Fort Knox at 1470 AM. [4]

In its early years, the station aired a Top 40 format. It changed its call sign to WBUL on August 20, 1984, and became an adult contemporary station. WBUL was a former Louisville market affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 , which was usually heard on contemporary hit FM stations. This lasted for a short time until 99.7 WDJX, an FM contemporary station in Louisville, began carrying the program.

On May 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to the current WLCR. [5] It began broadcasting Catholic programming, mostly from the EWTN Radio Network.

The call letters WLCR were once assigned to an AM station in Torrington, Connecticut. That station began broadcasting January 1, 1948, on 990 kHz with 1 kW power. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WLCR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WLCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1957 page 126. Retrieved Jan. 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "History Cards for WLCR". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  5. ↑ "WLCR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ↑ "Torrington Station Operating on 1 kw" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 5, 1948. Retrieved October 30, 2014.


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