WXVW

WXVW
Broadcast area
Louisville, Kentucky
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingBig X Sports Radio
Programming
FormatSports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Word Media Group
  • (Word Broadcasting Network, Inc.)
History
First air date
September 16, 1961 (1961-09-16)
Former call signs
  • WXVW (1961–1997)
  • WAVG (1997–2008)
  • WQKC (2008–2013)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
63935
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
38°17′41″N 85°45′7″W / 38.29472°N 85.75194°W / 38.29472; -85.75194
Translator96.1 W241CK (Jeffersonville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitebigxsportsradio.com

WXVW (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Jeffersonville, Indiana, serving the Louisville, Kentucky, area. The station is owned by Word Broadcasting Network, Inc.

History

For much of the 1970s and 1980s, WXVW originally ran an adult standards music format. The station originally broadcasts Chicago Cubs baseball games during its early days.

Under ownership of Cumulus Media, WXVW formerly simulcast sports formatted WQKC (93.9 FM) as "The Ticket", until that station changed to a classic hits music format as WLCL on November 20, 2008.

On August 2, 2010, WQKC and WLCL went silent after Cumulus decided to cease operations in the Louisville market.

On October 3, 2011, WQKC returned to the air, again with sports, branded as "The Sports Buzz". Cumulus would formally sell the station to its programmer, Ryan Media, in November 2011.

On May 21, 2013, WQKC changed its call sign back to WXVW, which was the station's original call letters from its original sign on date (September 16, 1961–same as WLKY-TV) until 1997, when the call sign changed to WAVG.

Effective December 1, 2020, Ryan Media sold WXVW and translator W241CK to Word Broadcasting Network, Inc.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WXVW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WXVW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Cumulus sends sports-talk to AM station". [dead link]
  4. ↑ "With no notice, Cumulus signs off an AM and FM in Louisville". Radio-Info.com. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sports Buzz Debuts in Louisville".
  6. ↑ "FCC Consent to Assignment, November 28, 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2012.