Broadcast area | Louisville, Kentucky |
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Frequency | 94.7 MHz |
Branding | 94.7 The Sound |
Programming | |
Format | Worship music |
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History | |
First air date | 1995 |
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Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48371 |
Class | A |
ERP | 3,300 watts |
HAAT | 120 meters (390 ft) |
Repeater(s) | 105.5 WLVK (Fort Knox, Kentucky) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
WLGK (94.7 FM) is a worship music radio station in the Louisville, Kentucky, metropolitan area. It is owned by the Word Media Group.
On December 22, 2016, Salem Media Group announced that it would hand operation of its Louisville radio stations, including the then-WFIA-FM, to Word Broadcasting Network (also known as Word Media Group) under a time brokerage agreement. [2] Word ended WFIA-FM's simulcast on WFIA (900 AM), with the AM station changing to a simulcast of Word's contemporary Christian station WJIE-FM. [3] [4] On February 10, 2020, Word Broadcasting announced that it would take advantage of the option in its agreement to acquire the stations from Salem for $4 million; [5] [6] the sale was completed on May 25, 2022. [7]
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