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WLGC (AM)

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Class
  
D

Callsign meaning
  
We Love Greenup County

City of license
  
Greenup

Area
  
Ashland, Huntington

Facility ID
  
25223

Frequency
  
1520 kHz

Format
  
All-news radio

Sister stations
  
WLGC-FM

Broadcast area
  
Huntington, West Virginia/Ashland, Kentucky

Power
  
5,000 watts day 280 watts critical hours

Former callsigns
  
WLGC (1984-July 17, 1989) WTCV (July 17, 1989-April 26, 1993)

Owner
  
Greenup County Broadcasting, Inc_

Branding
  
A & A Porta-Pottys Kool Hits 105.7 NewsChannel

WLGC (1520 AM) is a news radio station licensed to Greenup, Kentucky while their studio is located in Ashland, Kentucky. The station's transmitter, like WLGC-FM, remains in Greenup. The station is currently owned by Greenup County Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as WLGC on May 30, 1984. On July 17, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WTCV. However, they returned to the WLGC callsign on April 26, 1993.

On January 13, 2014, concurrent with WLGC-FM's rebranding as "Kool Hits 105.7", WLGC became a All-news radio format and was rebranded as "Kool Hits 105.7 NewsChannel". In addition to local news, the station also features news broadcasts from the Associated Press Radio Network and the Kentucky News Network.

References

WLGC (AM) Wikipedia


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