WWTF
| City | Georgetown, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lexington Metro Area |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1580 |
| Frequency | 1580 kHz |
| First air date | 1957 (as WGOR) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power |
10,000 watts day 45 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 34246 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°10′5.00″N 84°35′37.00″W / 38.1680556°N 84.5936111°W |
| Former callsigns |
WGOR (1957-?) WAXU (1990-1991) WTKT (1991-1992) WBBE (1992-1995) WTKT (1995-2001) WSNE (2001-2002) WXRA (2002-2008) WGVN (2008-2012) |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WLAP, WMXL, WBUL-FM, WKQQ, WLKT, WWRW |
| Website | FOXSports1580.com |
WWTF (1580 AM) Fox Sports 1580 is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Georgetown, Kentucky, USA, WWTF serves the Lexington Metro Area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..[1]
History
WGOR signed on the air in 1957 as a 250 watt daytime-only station. For many years, the station had the WAXU call sign. Sometime during the 1960s, WAXU flipped from Top 40 to country music. A sister station, WAXU-FM (103.1 FM), signed on the air in the fall of 1973, also with a country format.
The AM station dropped country and began airing Satellite Music Network's "Stardust" adult standards format and the WBBE by the end of 1982. In 1990, the station reverted to the WAXU call sign and SMN's "Real Country" format.
On April 15, 1991, WAXU became WTKT, simulcasting the oldies format of its FM sister station. WTKT became WBBE again in September 1992, flipping back to WTKT (when the call sign was dropped by the FM) on November 10, 1995. For a few years, WTKT aired an urban contemporary format (as "The Beat"), until it moved to WBTF (107.9 FM) in 2000. WTKT flipped back to adult standards, first simulcasting co-owned WSAI in Cincinnati, Ohio, then as WSNE ("Sunny 1580") in early 2001.
The station switched to sports talk and the WXRA call sign (as "Xtra Sports 1580") on October 30, 2002. In 2006, the station flipped to Spanish-language programming as "La Pantera 1580". The urban oldies format was launched in May 2008, with the "Groovin 1580" moniker and WGVN call letters following soon after.[2]
On October 29, 2012, the station flipped to all-comedy, using Clear Channel Radio's 24/7 Comedy Radio service. The call sign was concurrently changed to WWTF.
It was announced on May 13, 2014 that WWTF has flipped to FOX Sports Radio on Thursday, May 15, 2014.[3]
WWTF also has a repeater on 97.7 FM in September 2016. W249DJ.
Former logo
References
- ↑ "WWTF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WWTF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ WWTF Lexington Flips To Sports RadioInsight.com, May 13, 2014.
External links
- FOXSports1580.com
- LKYRadio.com page on WAXU
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WWTF
- Radio-Locator Information on WWTF
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WWTF