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WWLK (AM)

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WWLK
Frequency900 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
OwnerTilent, Inc.
History
First air date
May 2, 1981; 43 years ago (1981-05-02)[1]
Last air date
2012
Former call signs
WEAK (1980–1986)
Technical information
Facility ID36402
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
120 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
37°4′26″N 88°4′48″W / 37.07389°N 88.08000°W / 37.07389; -88.08000

WWLK (900 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Eddyville, Kentucky, United States. The station was owned by Tilent, Inc.[2]

History

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The station, which was a 250-watt daytime-only station, was assigned a construction permit with the assigned callsign WEAK on September 15, 1980,[3] under original ownership by Lyon County Broadcasting Company. On May 2, 1981, the station was launched by a group of local business people. On March 14, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WWLK following the purchase of the station by Brian Gentry.[4]

The station had been broadcasting a Country music format from its sign on until it was acquired by Bible Time Ministries, albeit with Tilent, Inc. as its licensee on July 20, 1989.[1] The ministries converted it into a Christian radio station as part of its group of stations.[4]

On April 19, 2012, the station's license was cancelled and its call sign deleted by the Federal Communications Commission.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. New Providence, New Jersey: Reed Reference Publishing. 1996. p. B-166. ISBN 0-8352-3725-7.
  2. ^ "WWLK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "WWLK Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 79. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ "Broadcast Actions, April 24, 2012" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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