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WLCL (93.9 FM "93.9 The Ville") is a commercial radio station licensed to Sellersburg, Indiana, and serving the Louisville metropolitan area. The station is owned by Union Broadcasting (UB Louisville, LLC) and airs a sports radio format. On weekdays, WLCL has a schedule of local sports hosts, with live sporting events in the evening and ESPN Radio heard late nights and weekends. Some programming is shared with sister stations WHBE 680 AM and WHBE-FM 105.7.

WLCL is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,650 watts. The transmitter is on South 5th Street at Main Street in Louisville.

The station was first licensed as WZZB on February 1, 1990; 35 years ago (February 1, 1990). On May 24, 1991, the station's license was deleted (DWZZB) but it was later relicensed as WQKC.

WQKC had a sports format. But it switched to classic hits on November 20, 2008, after changing its call letters to WLCL, which stood for "Louisville's Classic Hits." It was owned by Cumulus Media.

On August 2, 2010, WLCL went silent after Cumulus decided to cease operations in the Louisville market. The station had not given any indication on the air that it was about to go off the air.

In 2011, the station returned to the air. It was now WAYI, carrying a Contemporary Christian music format originating with the WAY-FM Network. WAY-FM ran the station but it was still under the ownership of Cumulus Media, in a local marketing agreement (LMA).

On April 1, 2014, WAY-FM programming was removed from WAYI.[non-primary source needed] The station again went silent on April 25, 2014, and returned to previous call letters WLCL on May 1, 2014.

In late 2014, Union Broadcasting, which also owns sports radio stations WHBE 680 AM and WHBE-FM 105.7 in the Louisville radio market, announced that it would purchase WLCL from Cumulus Media. WLCL resumed operations on January 14, 2015, broadcasting ESPN Radio full-time.

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