WBCF (AM)
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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.
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History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- 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
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