WWEL

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WWEL
WWEL SAM103.9 logo.jpg
Frequency 103.9 MHz
BrandingSAM 103.9
Programming
Format Hot AC
Ownership
Owner
  • Forcht Broadcasting
  • (F.T.G. Broadcasting, Inc.)
WANV, WFTG
History
First air date
1970 (as WFTG-FM)
Former call signs
WFTG-FM (1970–1979) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 20413
Class A
ERP 5,400 watts
HAAT 106 meters (348 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°08′30″N84°04′45″W / 37.14167°N 84.07917°W / 37.14167; -84.07917
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.sam1039.com

WWEL (103.9 FM, "SAM 103.9") is a radio station licensed to serve London, Kentucky. The station is owned by Forcht Broadcasting, a Forcht Group of Kentucky Company and licensed to F.T.G. Broadcasting, Inc. [3]

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 21, 1979. [1] The station had been previously assigned WFTG-FM, after its sister station WFTG (1400 AM). For several years the format was country music before the format change and rebranding of the station to SAM 103.9 (shifting to Hot AC after the shutdown of the Sam FM network during the 2015 Labor Day weekend).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WWEL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.