WLCB (AM)

WLCB (1430 AM) is a classic country–formatted radio station licensed to Buffalo, Kentucky, United States, and primarily serving the Hodgenville area. The station is owned by Cale and Tracy Tharp, through licensee Lincoln Radio, LLC.[2] WLCB's studios are on North Lincoln Boulevard in Hodgenville, while its transmitter facilities are located off Keith Road southeast of town near the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.

WLCB
Broadcast areaHodgenville, Kentucky
Frequency1430 kHz
BrandingAbe 93.7
Programming
FormatClassic Country
AffiliationsLaRue County High School[1]
Ownership
Owner
  • Cale and Tracy Tharp
  • (Lincoln Radio, LLC)
History
First air date
1974
Former call signs
WLCB (1974-1987)
WXAM (1987-2018)
Technical information
Facility ID40213
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
42 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
37°31′49.00″N 85°42′49.00″W
Translator(s)93.7 W229DB (Buffalo)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteabe937.com

In order to offer a companion service on FM, WLCB is relayed on a translator station: W229DB. That station's transmitter is located on the south side of Hodgenville.

History

WLCB went on-the-air in 1974 as a country station. It would be purchased in 1983 by Bill Evans and Keith Reising, founders and owners of WQXE (106.7 FM, now 98.3) in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Under the new ownership, the call letters were changed to WXAM (X-citing AM radio) and the station adopted a soft rock format. WLCB would come to be owned by Broadcast Partners, Inc., led by Mark Goodman.[3]

On May 4, 2018, Lincoln Radio closed on the acquisition of WXAM from Steve Newberry's Commonwealth Broadcasting for $96,000. On May 21, 2018, the new owners changed the station's format from sports to classic country, branded as "Abe 93.7" (simulcast on FM translator W229DB Buffalo) under new WLCB calls.[4]

Translator

WLCB is rebroadcast on one translator station:

Broadcast translator for WLCB
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W229DB 93.7 FMBuffalo, Kentucky20010625089 m (292 ft)D37°33′17″N 85°44′10″WLMS

References
  1. "Sports". Lincoln Radio, LLC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. "WLCB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and Television in the Bluegrass State (PDF). Kentucky Broadcasters Association and Host Communications. p. 132-133. ISBN 1-879688-93-X.
  4. Abe 93.7 Launches in Central Kentucky Radioinsight - May 23, 2018


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