WLOC
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WLOC
| city = Munfordville, Kentucky
| country = US
| area = Bowling Green, Kentucky
| branding = Studio 101
| frequency = 1150 kHz
| translator = 101.7 W269DD (Munfordville)
| airdate = {{start date and age|1956|06|12}}{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|url=|via=|isbn=9781879688933}}
| format = Variety
| power = 1,000 watts day
61 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 58352
| coordinates = {{coord|37|16|9|N|85|54|56|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = "We love our caves"
| owner = Forbis Communications, Inc.
| webcast = [mms://66.38.36.67:3055 Listen live]
| website = [http://www.wloconline.com wloconline.com]
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
WLOC (AM 1150 / FM 101.7 Translator) is a radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Munfordville, Kentucky, United States, the station is located Horse Cave, Kentucky, USA and serves surrounding cities and counties.
The station is currently owned by Forbis Communications, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WLOC |title=WLOC Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
History
The station signed on the air on June 12, 1956, under ownership of South Central Broadcasting Company of Campbellsville.{{r|nash|page=131}} Stock in the station's parent company was sold to then-mayor of Munfordville Jim Berry in 1960; Berry would sign on WLOC-FM (now WLLI) four years later.
Following Berry's death in 1992, the station went silent due to financial and legal difficulties.{{r|nash|page=131}} The station returned to the air in February 1993 with new Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994, page B152.
In 1998, WLOC was acquired by Hart County Communications,Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999, page D183. while its FM sister station was acquired by Royse Radio of Glasgow. WLOC's current owner, Forbis Communications, acquired the station in December 2003.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009, page D243.
In the mid-2010s, the station launched a low-powered FM translator, W269DD, to simulcast its AM radio programming at 101.7 megahertz.
Notable guests at the station
During the early 1990s, southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters, originally from neighboring Metcalfe County, Kentucky, made regular appearances on WLOC's local talent program, Chittlin' Time. In 1991, the band also recorded a music video for their hit single, Chittlin' Time, at the station's studio.{{r|nash|page=131}}{{cite news|title=Melissa Johnston to be in Headhunters' video|work=Grayson County News-Gazette|date=July 29, 1991|page=8}}
References
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External links
{{AM station data|58352|WLOC}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|26648|W269DD}}
- {{FXL|W269DD}}
{{Kentucky-radio-station-stub}}