Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area (southwest suburbs) |
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Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
Branding | 94.3 The Wolf |
Programming | |
Format | Country music |
Affiliations | Premiere Radio Networks Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Skytower Communications - 94.3, LLC |
WQXE | |
History | |
First air date | June 9, 1970 |
Former call signs | WHIC-FM (1979–1995) |
Call sign meaning | Wolf [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25799 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 40,000 watts |
HAAT | 160 meters (525 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°52′18″N86°16′4″W / 37.87167°N 86.26778°W |
Repeater(s) | 104.5 W283AK (Elizabethtown) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Live Stream |
Website | WULF Website |
WULF (94.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Hardinsburg, Kentucky, it serves the southwest suburbs of the Louisville metropolitan area. It is owned by Skytower Communications - 94.3, LLC, with studios on West Dixie Avenue in Elizabethtown. [3]
WULF is a Class C2 FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 40,000 watts. The transmitter is on Sam Dowell Road in Irvington, Kentucky. Programming is also heard on 160-watt FM translator W283AK at 104.5 MHz in Elizabethtown.
The station signed on the air on June 9, 1970 . [4] Its original call sign was WHIC-FM, the sister station of WHIC 1520 AM. [5] The stations were simulcast and owned by Breckinridge County Broadcasting. WHIC 1520 AM had come on the air two years earlier as a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. For listeners with FM radios, WHIC-FM was able to continue the stations' programming past sunset.
WHIC-AM-FM aired a full service format of local news and information, sports, country music and middle of the road music. In its early years, WHIC-FM was powered at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It could only be heard in Hardinsburg and adjacent communities.
In 1982, both WHIC 1520 and WHIC-FM 94.3 were acquired by Key Broadcasting, with Terry Forcht as president. [6] On May 24, 1995, WHIC-FM changed its call sign to the current WULF. [5] It began calling itself "The Wolf." It got a boost in power to 40,000 watts, extending its coverage to communities south and west of Louisville. WHIC 1520 was later taken silent.
The Wolf features mornings with Jimmy Wilson, middays with Kevin Jaggers and afternoons with Bobby Jack Murphy.
In addition to the main station, WULF is relayed by an additional translator to widen its broadcast area.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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W283AK | 104.5 FM | Elizabethtown, Kentucky | 157964 | 160 | D | LMS |
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