KWCL-FM
| A one-story building in a downtown district. A tiled "KWCL-FM" sign sits above the entrance windows and door. The KWCL studios in downtown Oak Grove | |
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| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| Branding | Mix 96.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1958 (with the establishment of KWCL (1280 AM)) |
First air date | February 1, 1973 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "West Carroll, Louisiana" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35878 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 40,000 watts |
| HAAT | 104 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kwclfm.com |
KWCL-FM (96.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed by the FCC to serve Oak Grove, Louisiana, in West Carroll Parish in the northeastern portion of the state.
The license is assigned to Holland Broadcasting, LLC, a division of Holland Entertainment.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]On February 23, 1957, Carroll Broadcasting Company applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new radio station in Oak Grove. It was awarded 1280 kHz as a 500-watt, daytime-only operation on April 16, 1958.[3] KWCL, named for its parish,[4] began broadcasting on August 15, 1958.[5]
Irene Robinson's husband, "Poison" Ivy Robinson, co-owned the station with David Blossman from 1969 to 1980. During this time, the station obtained an FM construction permit and signed on what was originally known as KWCL-FM on February 1, 1973.[6] The station adopted its own programming as KDDI in March 1975 with a taped gospel format[7] but reverted to the KWCL-FM designation in 1978.[8] When Blossman died in 1980, the station was sold, and Ivy Robinson moved to Shreveport.[9]
In February 1984, an application was filed to transfer the license from Baker Broadcasting to Heart of Dixie Broadcasting Corp, owned by Bennett Strange.[10]
Irene Robinson has owned KWCL since 1990 after she repurchased the station along with other partners that she later bought out.[9] The AM station was off the air by 1991.
On March 23, 2022, the station was sold to Adam Holland of Holland Entertainment, which also operates the Fiske Theatre in Oak Grove.[11] On June 1, the FCC transferred the license to Holland Broadcasting, LLC, ending the Robinson family's 40-plus year affiliation with the station. In anticipation of the sale, the station flipped to hot adult contemporary as "Mix 96.7" in January 2023.
References
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- ^ KWCL-FM fcc.gov. Accessed September 29, 2012
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External links
[edit | edit source]- KWCL-FM's official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 35878 (KWCL-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KWCL-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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