WCCK

WCCK
City of license Calvert City, Kentucky
Broadcast area Paducah, Kentucky
Branding K95.7
Frequency 95.7 MHz
Format Classic Country
ERP 3,500 watts
HAAT 104 meters
Class A
Facility ID 63436
Transmitter coordinates 37°4′21.00″N 88°15′4.00″W / 37.0725000°N 88.2511111°W / 37.0725000; -88.2511111
Callsign meaning Calvert City, Kentucky
Owner Jim Wabash Freeland
(Freeland Broadcasting Co, Inc.)

WCCK (95.7 FM, "K95.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Calvert City, Kentucky, USA. The station is owned by Jim Freeland, through licensee Freeland Broadcasting.

Programming

WCCK broadcasts a classic country music format to the Paducah, Kentucky, area.[1] In addition to its usual music programming, WCCK is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans football radio network[2] and the University of Louisville Cardinals athletics network.[3]

History

Stice Communications received the original construction permit for a new FM radio statio from the Federal Communications Commission on March 5, 1993.[4] The new station was assigned the call letters WCCK by the FCC on May 14, 1993.[5] WCCK received its license to cover from the FCC on January 10, 1994.[6]

In May 2000, Stice Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Freeland Broadcasting. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 11, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on July 31, 2000.[7]

The WCCK call letters were originally assigned to 103.7 (top 40 "K-104") In Erie, PA, in the late 1960s, until the early 1990s when the call letters were changed to WMXE, now WRTS (STAR-104) which plays top 40 format.

References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Titans Radio in Kentucky". Titans Radio. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  3. "U of L Radio Network Affiliates". The Official Site for University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  4. "Application Search Details (BPH-19900308MJ)". FCC Media Bureau. March 5, 1993.
  5. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  6. "Application Search Details (BLH-19930916KA)". FCC Media Bureau. January 10, 1994.
  7. "Application Search Details (BALH-20000424ABK)". FCC Media Bureau. July 31, 2000.

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