| Frequency | 1240kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | News Talk 1240 WSFC |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio Compass Media Networks Kentucky Sports Radio Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WSEK,WSEK-FM,WJQQ,WLLK-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | December 14, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-12-14)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 21626 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 790watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°7′3″N84°36′42″W / 37.11750°N 84.61167°W /37.11750; -84.61167 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wsfcam.iheart.com |
WSFC (1240kHz) is acommercialAMradio station broadcasting anews/talkformat. Licensed toSomerset, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned byiHeart Media as part of aduopoly of five radio stations, along withClassic country stationWSEK (910 AM),country stationWSEK-FM (93.9FM,classic rock stationWJQQ (97.1 FM), andTop 40/CHR stationWLLK-FM (102.3 FM). WSFC maintainsstudios with its sister stations, along withtransmission facilities, on 1st Radio Lane in the northern part of town. WSFC features programming fromCompass Media Networks andPremiere Networks, andWestwood One.[3]
WSFC began broadcasting at 2:35 p.m.Central Time on December 14, 1947.[1] On September 1, 1948, it became an affiliate of theMutual network. The station was owned by Southeastern Broadcasting Company, Incorporated and broadcast on 1240 kHz with 250 watts of power.[4] AnFM counterpart, WSFC-FM (nowWSEK-FM) was signed-on in 1964.[5]
Over the course of its history, WSFC has changed hands numerous times. The station was launched by a group of local businessman. WSFC was sold to former congressmanWendell H. Meade before being acquired by then-general manager Mike Layman in 1950.[6] Fifteen years later, the WSFC stations were sold to Swartz Media, a division of the Roanoke Photo Finishing Company.[7] In turn, WSFC and WSEK-FM were transferred to Shamrock Communications in 1974.[8] In 1980, they were sold again, this time to First Radio.[9] Two years later, the station became the first Kentucky-basedNBC radio affiliate to receive that network's programming by means of satellite as it joined that network.[10]
In 2001, WSFC and its sister stations were sold toClear Channel Communications.[11] In November 2006, Clear Channel announced that it would place its Somerset cluster up for sale.[12] The following May, Clear Channel announced a buyer inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania-basedGoodRadio.TV.[13] However, the deal fell through due to financial difficulties, and the stations remain owned by now-iHeartMedia.
In June 2016, WSFC flipped fromFox Sports-affiliatedsports radio to its currentNews Talk Information format, inheriting it from WSFE (910 AM; nowWSEK.[14]
As of July 2022, WSFC does not provide any locally based talk programming. Its present lineup consists ofsyndicated programsThis Morning,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Mark Levin Show, andCoast to Coast AM. Additionally, the station syndicatedKentucky Sports Radio programming from sister station and KSR flagshipWLAP inLexington, Kentucky.[15] WSFC serves as the local affiliate of theUK Sports Network.
The station's broadcasts of worship services by the First Baptist Church, which began in 1948, is currently the longest-running church worship broadcast in Kentucky.
