WSFC (AM)

WSFC began broadcasting at 2:35 p.m. Central Time on December 14, 1947. On September 1, 1948, it became an affiliate of the Mutual network. The station was owned by Southeastern Broadcasting Company, Incorporated and broadcast on 1240 kHz with 250 watts of power.{{cite news|title=515th MBS Affiliate|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-30-BC.pdf|accessdate=4 January 2015|agency=Broadcasting|date=August 30, 1948}} An FM counterpart, WSFC-FM (now WSEK-FM) was signed-on in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=roanoke%20wsfc&i=f&d=01011799-12312009&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_journal_usa_kentucky_somerset_19671214_english_1&df=11&dt=20&cid=2714|title=WSFC Observes 20th Anniversary|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=|access-date=July 19, 2022}}

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 congressman Wendell H. Meade before being acquired by then-general manager Mike Layman in 1950.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wsek%20sale&i=f&d=01011799-12312009&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_journal_usa_kentucky_somerset_19721204_english_13&df=1&dt=10&cid=2714|title=WSFC Reminiscing|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=4 December 1972|access-date=19 July 2022}} Fifteen years later, the WSFC stations were sold to Swartz Media, a division of the Roanoke Photo Finishing Company.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=roanoke%20wsfc&i=f&d=01011799-12312009&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_usa_kentucky_somerset_19651110_english_6&df=1&dt=10&cid=2714|title=NOTICE|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=10 November 1965|access-date=19 July 2022}} In turn, WSFC and WSEK-FM were transferred to Shamrock Communications in 1974.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wsfc%20shamrock&t=34397&i=t&d=01011799-12312009&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_journal_usa_kentucky_somerset_19740603_english_1&df=1&dt=10&cid=2714|title=WSFC Ownership To Change|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=3 June 1974|access-date=19 July 2022}} In 1980, they were sold again, this time to First Radio.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wsfc%20sale&i=f&d=01011799-12312009&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_journal_usa_kentucky_somerset_19800826_english_9&df=41&dt=50&cid=2714|title=PUBLIC NOTICE|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=26 August 1980|access-date=19 July 2022}} Two years later, the station became the first Kentucky-based NBC radio affiliate to receive that network's programming by means of satellite as it joined that network.{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=Host Communications Incorporated |url=|isbn=9781879688933}}

In 2001, WSFC and its sister stations were sold to Clear Channel Communications.{{cite web|url=https://pulaskilibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wsfc%20kenner&t=34397&i=t&d=01012000-12312002&m=between&ord=k1&fn=commonwealth_journal_usa_kentucky_somerset_20001018_english_1&df=1&dt=5&cid=2714|title=Kenner sells First Radio to Clear Channel|last=Milligan|first=Ken|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=18 October 2000|access-date=18 July 2022}} In November 2006, Clear Channel announced that it would place its Somerset cluster up for sale.{{cite web|url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local_news/business-as-usual-for-clear-channel/article_fe227776-ebee-59d1-bb38-efc09e52913d.html|title='Business as usual' for Clear Channel|last=Dodson|first=Sharon|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=20 November 2006|access-date=18 July 2022}} The following May, Clear Channel announced a buyer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based GoodRadio.TV.{{cite web|url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local_news/clear-channel-stations-are-sold/article_1b976888-7eff-53b4-8bec-f86b0a5a27bb.html|title=Clear Channel stations are sold|last=Dodson|first=Sharon|publisher=Commonwealth Journal|date=4 May 2007|access-date=19 July 2022}} However, the deal fell through due to financial difficulties, and the stations remain owned by now-iHeartMedia.

In June 2016, WSFC flipped from Fox Sports-affiliated sports radio to its current News Talk Information format, inheriting it from WSFE (910 AM; now WSEK.{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/106627/iheart-shuffles-somerset-ky-ams/|title=iHeart Shuffles Somerset KY AMs|last=Venta|first=Lance|date=3 June 2016|access-date=19 July 2022}}

As of July 2022, WSFC does not provide any locally based talk programming. Its present lineup consists of syndicated programs This Morning, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Mark Levin Show, and Coast to Coast AM. Additionally, the station syndicated Kentucky Sports Radio programming from sister station and KSR flagship WLAP in Lexington, Kentucky.{{cite web|url=https://wsfcam.iheart.com/schedule/|title=On-Air Schedule|publisher=iHeartMedia|access-date=19 July 2022}} WSFC serves as the local affiliate of the UK 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.

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