| WKUL | |
| City: | Cullman, Alabama |
| Area: | Cullman, Alabama |
| Branding: | Country K-92 |
| Frequency: | 92.1 MHz |
| Translator: | 98.3 W252EK (Cullman, relays HD2) |
| Airdate: | September 1967 (as WKLN) |
| Format: | Country/Talk/Sports HD2: Christian music "Praise 97.9" |
| Erp: | 6,000 watts |
| Haat: | 100 meters (328 feet) |
| Class: | A |
| Facility Id: | 31933 |
| Coordinates: | 34.1947°N -86.7311°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | "K"ULlman[1] |
| Former Callsigns: | WKLN (1967–1982)[2] WKLN-FM (1982–1988) |
| Affiliations: | FOX News, Atlanta Braves, FOX Sports |
| Owner: | Jonathan Christian Corp. |
| Webcast: | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website: | wkul.com 979praisefm.com (HD2) |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WKUL (92.1 FM, "Country K-92") is a radio station licensed to serve Cullman, Alabama. The station is owned by Jonathan Christian Corp.
WKUL airs a full-service country music format plus some talk radio programming, most notably Rush Limbaugh.[3] Programming includes Crook and Chase Country Countdown, Tracy Lawrence "Honky Tonkin", The Trading Post, Taste of Country Nights, Big D and Bubba in The Morning, Tiger Talk, New Music Nashville, Nashville Music Minuet, Tight Lines with Sammy Lee, Gaither Homecoming Radio and Around The Campfire with Ed and Terry (Nominated for 2016 Radio Program of the Year by the WMA). News programming Includes Fox News, ARN News and local news. Sports programming includes Auburn University Sports and Atlanta Braves Baseball.[4] The station also airs local high school football games each autumn. High school and Wallace State Community College basketball is broadcast in the winter months. Throughout the year, WKUL-FM broadcasts at a wide variety of live remotes as well. Since the 1980s, WKUL has become famous for its live coverage of severe weather.
Originally known as WKLN, this station signed on in September 1967 at 92.1 MHz with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power under the ownership of Kenneth E. Lawrence.[5] In the late 1970s, WKLN was sold to the Jonathan Christian Corporation, run by Jeffrey Liebensberger and Robert Haa.[6] The station shifted to callsign WKLN-FM on January 21, 1982.[7]
In April 1980, Robert Conrad Haa agreed to sell control of station licensee Jonathan Christian Corporation to Donald Houston Mosley. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on July 7, 1980.[8]
The station was assigned the current WKUL call letters by the FCC on February 1, 1988.[7] The WKUL callsign originally entered the Cullman market when 1340 AM (now WFMH) went on the air on October 1, 1946.[9]
In November 2006, Don Mosley made a deal to sell his controlling interest in Jonathan Christian Corporation, the licensee for this station, to Ron Mosley.[10] The deal was approved by the FCC on December 28, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2007.[11] At the conclusion of this deal, Ron Mosley owned 100% of the shares in Jonathan Christian Corp.[10]
In the spring of 2017, the station added an HD signal and launched a gospel music format via translator W250BM (now W252EK) in Cullman, as "Praise 97.9". (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)