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Broadcast area | Florence-Muscle Shoals |
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| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1240 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 (1946) |
Last air date | 2024 (2024) |
| Technical information1 | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 4769 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°47′01″N 87°42′15″W / 34.78361°N 87.70417°W / 34.78361; -87.70417 |
| Translator | 97.1 W246BS (Florence) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WBCF (1240 kHz, "NewsTalk 1240") was an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format.2 Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcast to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The station was owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc.
History
WBCF went on the air in 1946,3 and featured programming from Westwood One, CBS News Radio, and Fox News Radio.4
Company namesake Benny Carle was, from the 1950s through the 1970s, a children's show host on Birmingham and Huntsville television stations, the latter of which (the present WAFF-TV) he was a minority owner.
The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on January 2, 2025.5
References
References
- "Facility Technical Data for WBCF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "WBCF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010. 2010. p. D-44.
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
External links
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 4769 (WBCF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBCF in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Benny Carle-Classic Alabama TV