WLCR

WLCR

City	Mount Washington, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Louisville
Frequency	1040 kHz
Branding	Spirit & Truth
Programming
Format	Catholic radio
Affiliations	http://www.ewtn.com/
Ownership
Owner	LCR Partners, L.P.
History
First air date	October 29, 1955 at 1470 AM
Former call signs	WSAC (1955–1984) WBUL (1984–1999)
Technical information
Facility ID	58742
Class	D
Power	1,500 watts day
Transmitter coordinates	38°0′11.00″N 85°40′51.00″W / 38.0030556°N 85.6808333°W / 38.0030556; -85.6808333
Translator(s)	94.9 MHz W235CZ (Fisherville)
Links
Website	http://www.wlcr.org/

WLCR (1040 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format. It is licensed to Mount Washington, Kentucky, United States, and serves the Louisville area. The station is owned by LCR Partners, L.P.^[1]

History[]

The station began broadcasting as WSAC on October 29, 1955, licensed to Radcliff and moved in 1958 to Fort Knox at 1470 AM.^[2] The station first aired a Top 40 format. It changed its call sign to WBUL on August 20, 1984, and became an Adult Contemporary format. WBUL is a former Louisville marketed affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40, which is something that is unusual in an adult contemporary station. This lasted for a short time until WDJX began broadcasting and became a dominant Louisville marketed affiliate for the program. On May 26, 1999, the station changed its call sign to the current WLCR.^[3]

History of call letters[]

The call letters WLCR used to be assigned to an in Torrington, Connecticut. It began broadcasting January 1, 1948, on 990 kHz with 1 kW power, which sadly ceased operations in January 1964 due to clashing with CBY, despite the advent of Beatlemania.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• WLCR in the FCC AM station database
• WLCR on Radio-Locator
• WLCR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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