WBCF | |
City: | Florence, Alabama |
Area: | Florence-Muscle Shoals |
Branding: | NewsTalk 1240 |
Frequency: | 1240 kHz |
Format: | News/talk |
Power: | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 4769 |
Coordinates: | 34.7836°N -87.7042°W |
Owner: | Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc. |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Website: | wbcf.com |
Affiliations: | Bloomberg Radio Fox News Radio CBS News Radio NBC News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Westwood One |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WBCF (1240 kHz, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.[1] Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcasts to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area.
The station is currently owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from Westwood One, CBS Radio, and Fox News Radio.[2]
Company namesake Benny Carle was, from the 1950s through the 1970s, a children's show host on Birmingham and Huntsville television stations, the latter of which (the present WAFF-TV) he was a minority owner.