WKLB (AM)

For the FM radio station in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, see WKLB-FM.
WKLB / W283AH
City Manchester, Kentucky
Branding "The Double Shot"
Frequency 104.5FM & 1290AM kHz
Repeater(s) W283AH 104.5 MHz
First air date 1980
Format Rock & Roll, Country and Contemporary Christian music
Power AM: 5,000 watts day
34 watts night
FM: 100 watts
HAAT FM: 202.3 meters
Class AM: D
FM: D
Facility ID AM: 3964
FM: 155902
Transmitter coordinates 37°8′15.00″N 83°46′50.00″W / 37.1375000°N 83.7805556°W / 37.1375000; -83.7805556
Callsign meaning KLB = Country 'Club', once used on[1]
Affiliations Kentucky News Network.
Owner Robert Rodgers and Curt Davis
(Sonshine Broadcasting Company, Ltd.)
Webcast no
Website http://wklbradio.com/

WKLB 104.5FM & 1290AM is a radio station broadcasting a Rock & Roll, Country and Contemp Christian format. Licensed to Manchester, Kentucky, USA. The station is owned by Robert Rodgers and Curt Davis, through licensee Sonshine Broadcasting Company, Ltd., and features programing from Fox News Radio and the Kentucky News Network.[2]

In 1983 WKLB received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase its power to 5000 watts making it one of the most powerful AM radio stations in the Kentucky Mountains. WKLB's 5000 watt signal covers a good portion of the Kentucky Mountains. WKLB's 5000 watts station reaches out as far east as Knott County, KY. Far west as Somerset, KY. Far north as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in Campton, Kentucky and as far south as Jellico, Tennessee on interstate 75.

The station has broadcast Clay County High School football, boys & girls basketball games since first going on the air in 1980. WKLB 1290/104.5 also has exclusive rights to the University of Kentucky football and Men's & Women's basketball via contract with IMG.

Current Staff

General Manager - Mike Listermann

Sales & Air Personality - Constance "Honeybee" Banet Swap Shop Host on Monday & Thursday

Sales & Air Personality - Wayne "Action Jackson" Harris Swap Shop Host on Wednesday & Saturday Control Board Operator during Live Remotes and Sports Broadcast

Broadcast schedule

Monday through Saturday


References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "WKLB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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