WWEL

{{short description|Radio station in London, Kentucky}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{for-multi|the radio station in Chicago that held the call sign WWEL from 1970 to 1972|WLIT-FM|the radio station in Medford, Massachusetts that held the call sign WWEL from 1972 to 1979|WXKS-FM}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WWEL

| logo =

| city = London, Kentucky

| area =

| branding = SAM 103.9

| frequency = 103.9 MHz

| airdate = 1970 (as WFTG-FM)

| format = Hot AC

| erp = 5,400 watts

| haat = {{convert|106|meters}}

| class = A

| facility_id = 20413

| coordinates = {{coord|37|08|30|N|84|04|45|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WFTG-FM (1970–1979)

| affiliations =

| owner = Forcht Broadcasting

| licensee = F.T.G. Broadcasting, Inc.

| sister_stations = WANV, WFTG

| webcast = [http://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WWEL Listen Live]

| website = {{URL|http://www.sam1039.com}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

}}

WWEL (103.9 FM, "SAM 103.9") is a radio station licensed to serve London, Kentucky. The station is owned by Forcht Broadcasting, a Forcht Group of Kentucky Company and licensed to F.T.G. Broadcasting, Inc.{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=W |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron}}

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 21, 1979.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=20413&Callsign=WWEL |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} The station had been previously assigned WFTG-FM, after its sister station WFTG (1400 AM). For several years the format was country music before the format change and rebranding of the station to SAM 103.9 (shifting to Hot AC after the shutdown of the Sam FM network during the 2015 Labor Day weekend).

File:WWEL SAM103.9 logo.jpg