WBCF (AM)

WBCF (1240 AM, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.[1] Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcasts to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area.

WBCF
CityFlorence, Alabama
Broadcast areaFlorence-Muscle Shoals
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1240
Slogan"Talk That Matters"
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
AffiliationsWestwood One, CBS Radio, Fox News Radio
Ownership
OwnerBenny Carle Broadcasting, Inc.
Technical information
Facility ID4769
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates34°47′01″N 87°42′15″W
Translator(s)97.3 MHz
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewbcf.com

History

The station is currently owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from Westwood One, CBS Radio, and Fox News Radio.[2]

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.

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gollark: Mostly it's used in stuff which just *happens* to need water for production, not sold in bottles.
gollark: I mostly support just giving people money directly instead of having the government/whatever try and work out and possibly fail to guess exactly what people need.
gollark: I mean, water is used in VAST quantities (off the top of my head mostly) in industry.
gollark: In any quantity? Hmm.

References
  1. "WBCF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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