WLKF

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WLKF
Broadcast area Central Florida and Winter Haven
Frequency 1430 kHz
BrandingTalk Radio 96.7
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner Hall Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
May 15, 1936 (1936-05-15)
Call sign meaning
Lakeland Florida
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 10341
Class B
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
28°2′27.00″N81°56′8.00″W / 28.0408333°N 81.9355556°W / 28.0408333; -81.9355556
Translator 96.7 W244BJ (Lakeland)
Links
Public license information
Website www.wlkf.com

WLKF (1430 AM, "Talk Radio 96.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Lakeland, Florida, United States, serving Central Florida. It carries a talk radio format and is owned by Hall Communications, Inc. [2]

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Programming is also heard on FM translator W244BJ at 96.7 MHz in Lakeland.

History

On May 15, 1936, the station first signed on as WLAK. It was an NBC Red Network affiliate. It stayed with NBC throughout the 1960s. The call letters were changed to WQPD on December 1, 1971.

In the early 1980s, another call letter change took place, switching to the current WLKF. The station began airing a full service adult contemporary sound. The format lasted until 1987 when it switched to its current talk radio format.

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Former logo

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WLKF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WLKF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.