WWEL

Radio station in London, Kentucky

For the radio station in Chicago that held the call sign WWEL from 1970 to 1972, see WLIT-FM. For the radio station in Medford, Massachusetts that held the call sign WWEL from 1972 to 1979, see WXKS-FM.

WWEL

* London, Kentucky

Frequency| 103.9 MHz
Branding| SAM 103.9
Programming
Format| Hot AC
Ownership
Owner|

* Forcht Broadcasting
* (F.T.G. Broadcasting, Inc.)

Sister stations

| WANV, WFTG
History

First air date

| 1970 (as WFTG-FM)

Former call signs

| WFTG-FM (1970–1979)[1]
Technical information[2]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 20413
Class| A
ERP| 5,400 watts
HAAT| 106 meters (348 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

| 37°08′30″N 84°04′45″W﻿ / ﻿37.14167°N 84.07917°W﻿ / 37.14167; -84.07917
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen Live
Website| www.sam1039.com

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.[3]

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 21, 1979.[1] 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).

Previous logo

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWEL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

## External links

[edit]

* WWEL official website
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 20413 (WWEL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WWEL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Forcht Group of Kentucky

Finance and insurance|

* First Financial Credit
* Forcht Bank
* Forcht Insurance Agency
* Kentucky Home Life Insurance
* Kentucky National Insurance

Publishing|

* Hamburg Journal
* News Journal

Broadcasting|

* WAIN
* WAIN-FM
* WANV
* WCDQ
* WCVL
* WFTG
* WHOP
* WHOP-FM
* WIKK
* WIMC
* WKLW-FM
* WKYH
* WSEI
* WSIP
* WSIP-FM
* WTCW
* WTLO
* WVLN
* WWEL
* WXKQ-FM
* WYKY

Other subsidiaries|

* Forcht Construction
* My Favorite Things
* Rhineshire Farm

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