Broadcast area Louisville, Kentucky ERP 2,650 watts Class A Frequency 93.9 MHz Format Sports radio Area Louisville Sister stations WHBE-FM, WHBE | First air date 1990 (as WZZB) HAAT 152 meters Facility ID 58380 City of license Sellersburg Owner UB Louisville, LLC Branding 93.9 The Ville | |
WLCL (93.9 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Sellersburg, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky area. The station is owned by Union Broadcasting.
History
The station was licensed as WZZB on February 1, 1990. On May 24, 1991, the station's license was deleted (DWZZB) but it was later relicensed as WQKC.
WQKC changed its sports radio format to classic hits on November 20, 2008, after changing its call letters to WLCL. On August 2, 2010 WLCL and WQKC went silent after Cumulus decided to cease operations in the Louisville market.
In 2011, the station returned to the air as WAYI, carrying the Christian Rock format originating with the WAY-FM Network, which ran the station, still under the ownership of Cumulus Media, in a local marketing agreement (LMA).
On April 1, 2014, WAY-FM programming was removed from WAYI. The station went silent on April 25, 2014, and returned to previous call letters WLCL on May 1, 2014.
It was announced in late 2014 that Union Broadcasting, which also owns sports radio stations WHBE (AM) and WHBE-FM in the Louisville market, would purchase WLCL from Cumulus Media. WLCL resumed operations on January 14, 2015 broadcasting ESPN Radio full-time. The purchase by Union Broadcasting closed on January 21, 2015, at a price of $3.138 million.