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WGBF (AM) - Wikipedia

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WGBF
Evansville, Indiana United States

Frequency	1280 kHz
Branding	Newstalk 1280
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Radio America Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media of Evansville/Owensboro, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDKS, WGBF-FM, WJLT, WKDQ
History
First air date	November 22, 1923 (101 years ago) (1923-11-22)^[1]
Former call signs	WWOK (1989–1995)
Call sign meaning	"G. B. Finke Furniture Co."
Technical information^[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	660
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	37°59′45.00″N 87°28′36.00″W / 37.9958333°N 87.4766667°W / 37.9958333; -87.4766667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	newstalk1280.com

WGBF (1280 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Evansville, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, Radio America, and Westwood One.^[3]

The station currently carries a conservative programming line-up, including Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Dennis Miller, and Glenn Beck. Also heard on the station are Dave Ramsey and Coast to Coast AM. Purdue University, Indianapolis Colts and local high school football broadcasts can also be found on WGBF.

WGBF broadcasts from a two tower array near the intersection of Morgan Ave. and Burkhardt Road in Evansville. However, only one tower is used for daytime operation.

History

WGBF first broadcast in 1923 under ownership of the Finke Furniture Company,^[1]^: 93 and became a licensed facility in 1925.^[4] The station, which was the pioneer station in the Evansville area, later became an NBC Radio affiliate, and went under ownership by the Leich family in the 1940s. The station was purchased by Metro Radio of Evansville, presided by Vernon Nolte, who converted the station into a Top 40 outlet in 1975.^[1]^: 93

The station changed its call sign to WWOK on October 23, 1989, following the station's purchase by Aiken Communications.^[1]^: 93 Then, on August 28, 1995, the station changed its call sign back to WGBF.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WGBF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WGBF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "The Indiana Radio Archive | Stations | WGBF". www.well.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008.
^ "WGBF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

FCC History Cards for WGBF (covering 1927-1980)
Facility details for Facility ID 660 (WGBF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WGBF in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	96.9 98.9 99.1 103.5
Translators	91.9 93.1 95.7 96.5 98.5 99.9 100.1 100.7 102.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency

162.550

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

Nearby regions: Bloomington; Clarksville-Hopkinsville; Louisville; Marion–Carbondale; Mount Vernon; Owensboro; Paducah-Mayfield; Terre Haute

See also: List of radio stations in Indiana; List of radio stations in Kentucky

v t e News/Talk radio stations in the state of Indiana
News & Talk	WAOV – Vincennes WBIW – Bedford WCMR – Elkhart WFCV-FM – Bluffton WFWI - Fort Wayne WGBF – Evansville WGCL – Bloomington WIBC – Indianapolis WIBQ – Terre Haute WIMS – Michigan City WIOU – Kokomo WJOB - Hammond WMUN - Muncie WOWO – Fort Wayne WRSW – Warsaw WSHY - Lafayette WSLM - Salem WSLM-FM - Salem WTRC - Elkhart
All News	WGL - Fort Wayne WKVI - Knox
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Indiana

v t e Townsquare Media
(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)
Alabama	WALJ WFFN WQRR WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM
Arkansas	KMJI KYGL
Arizona	KTAN(+K251CQ) KWCD KXFF KZMK
Colorado	KARS-FM(+FM1)** KBKL KEKB KEXO KKNN KKPL KKXK(+K232BW, K233AH, K257AS, K257AT, K257AU, K267AB) KMAX-FM KMXY KSNN KTRR KUAD-FM KUBC(+K283CZ)
Connecticut	WRKI
Idaho	KAWO KCIX KEZJ-FM KFXD KIDO KLIX KLIX-FM KSAS-FM KSNQ KXLT-FM
Illinois	WDBQ-FM WKGL-FM WLIQ WROK WXLP WXXQ WZOK
Indiana	WDKS WGBF WGBF-FM WJLT WKDQ
Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB KCRR KDAT KHAK KIIK-FM KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KOEL KOEL-FM** KRNA KXGE WDBQ WJOD
Kentucky	WBKR WOMI
Louisiana	KEEL KFTE** KHLA KHXT KJMH KLCL KMDL KNGT KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRUF KTDY KTSR KVKI-FM KWKH KXKS-FM
Maine	WBLM WBPW WBZN WCYY WDEA WEBB WEZQ WJBQ WJZN WMME-FM WOZI WQCB WQHR WWMJ
Massachusetts	WBEC WBEC-FM WBSM WFHN WNAW WSBS WUPE WUPE-FM
Michigan	WBCK WBXX WCRZ WFGR WFMK WFNT WGRD-FM WITL-FM WJIM WJIM-FM WKFR-FM WKMI WLHT-FM WMMQ WNWZ WQUS WRCL WRKR WTRV WVFN WWBN
Minnesota	KBMX KDCZ KDHL KDOC-FM KFIL KFIL-FM KFNL-FM KKCB KLDJ KLZZ KMXK KOLM KQCL KRFO KRFO-FM KROC KROC-FM KWWK KXSS KYBA KZRV WEBC WJON WWJO WWPE-FM
Missouri	KHMO KICK-FM KRRY KSDL KSIS KXKX
Montana	KAAK KAAR KBAZ KBUL KCHH(+K236AB) KCTR-FM KGGL(+K239AP, K245AP) KGRZ(+K224AA) KGVO KISN KKBR KLFM KMBR KMHK KMMS KMMS-FM KMON KMON-FM(+K260AU, K280GG, K298BL) KMPT KMTZ KPRK KSEN KTHC KVVR KXLB(+K254AL) KXTL(+K234AT) KYSS-FM(+K252BM) KZIN-FM KZMY KZOQ-FM
New Hampshire	WHOM WOKQ WPKQ WSAK WSHK
New Jersey	WCHR WCHR-FM WENJ WFPG WNJE WJLK WJLK-FM WKXW WOBM WOBM-FM WPGG WPST WPUR WSJO
New York	WAAL WBKT WBLK WBUF WCZX WDBY WDHI WDLA WDLA-FM WDOS WEOK WFRG-FM WGNA-FM(+W235AY) WHWK WIBX WIYN WKXP WKXZ(+W232AT) WLZW WNBF WODZ-FM WOUR WPBZ-FM WPDA WPDH WQBK-FM(+W256BU) WQSH WRRB WRRV WSRK WTBD-FM WTMM-FM WTSS WWYL WYRK WZAD WZOZ
North Dakota	KACL KBYZ KEYZ KKCT KLXX KUSB KYYZ
Oklahoma	KLAW KVRW KZCD
South Dakota	KIKN-FM KKLS-FM KKRC-FM KSOO KSOO-FM KXRB KXRB-FM KYBB
Texas	KAFX-FM KATP KBAT KBZS KEAN-FM KELI KEYJ-FM KFMX-FM KFYO KGKL KGKL-FM KISX KIXS KIXZ KKAM KKCL-FM KKCN KKTX-FM KKYR-FM KLAQ KLTD KLUB KMND KMWX KMXJ-FM KNFM KNIN-FM KNRX KNUE KODM KOOC KPRF KPWW KQBR KQVT KROD KSFA KSII KSLI KSSM KTBQ KTEM KTUX KTYL-FM KULL KUSJ KVLL-FM KWFS KWFS-FM KXSS-FM KYKS KYYW KZBT KZII-FM
Utah	KCIN KDXU(+K223DI) KHKR(+K249EQ) KIYK KREC(+K253BB) KSUB(+K299BU) KXBN KXFF(+K270BV)
Washington	KAPL-FM KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KKWN KMGW KONA KONA-FM KORD-FM KPQ(+K269HC) KPQ-FM KWNC KWWW-FM KXRX KYSN KYSP KZHR
Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY
Defunct	KJEF KJEF-CA KOSY KRIL KUTI WCHN WPUT WTVL
Live events	Country Jam USA Mountain Jam (50%) WE Fest
Websites	King Loudwire Noisecreep XXL
Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network
**License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending.

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