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Radio station in Carlisle, Kentucky

WBVX
Carlisle, Kentucky
Broadcast area Lexington Metropolitan AreaCentral Kentucky
Frequency 92.1 MHz
Branding Classic Rock 92.1
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network
Ownership
Owner L.M. Communications of Kentucky, LLC
Sister stations WBTF, WCDA, WGKS, WLXG
History
First air date January 1995 (as WCAK at 100.7)[1]
Former call signs WWLW (1992–1994, CP)WCAK (1994–1997)WVCM (1997–1998)WSTL (1998–2001)
Former frequencies 100.7 MHz (1995–2002)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority FCC
Facility ID 30191
Class C2
ERP 32,000 watts
HAAT 186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°11′19″N 84°22′13″W / 38.18861°N 84.37028°W / 38.18861; -84.37028
Links
Public license information Public fileLMS
Webcast Listen Live
Website classicrock921fm.com

WBVX (92.1 FM) is a classic rock–formatted radio station licensed to Carisle, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Lexington metropolitan area and Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. The station is currently owned by LM Communications part of a conglomerate with Lexington–licensed ESPN Radio–affiliated sports radio station WLXG (1300 AM), Paris–licensed classic hits station WGKS (96.9 FM), Versailles–licensed Adult Top 40 station WCDA (106.3 FM), and Midway–licensed urban contemporary station WBTF (107.9 FM).[3] The station's studios are located at Triangle Center in downtown Lexington, and its transmitter is located in far northeast Fayette County, Kentucky.

What became WBVX began as the desire of Cincinnati, Ohio native Jim Gray, who requested for the Federal Communications Commission to provide an allotment for Carlisle, Kentucky as early as 1988. The station began as construction permit WWLW on 3 December 3, 1992. On 19 December 1994, the station changed its call sign to WCAK, before signing on in January 1995.[4] The station initially broadcast country music on 100.7 MHz.[1]

Just two years after signing-on, WCAK would switch callsigns to WVCM, once used at a country music station in Carrollton, Kentucky (now WIKI, 95.3 FM). These new call letters would be short-lived, however, as the following year it adopted WSTL. In 2001, the station would switch calls again, this time to the current WBVX. Early in the next year, WBVX would switch frequencies to 92.1 MHz.[5]

By 2012, the station was airing a classic hits format as B92.[6] In 2014, LM Communications would flip WBVX from classic hits to its current classic rock format.[7]

  1. ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers over Kentucky: A History of Radio and Television in the Bluegrass State (PDF). Kentucky Broadcasters Association and Host Communications. p. 214. ISBN 1-879688-93-X. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBVX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WBVX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ "WBVX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ "License to Cover for FM Application". Federal Communications Commission. January 30, 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (April 8, 2012). "Pair of Changes Coming to Lexington, KY". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  7. ^ Venta, Lance (September 5, 2014). "WBVX Moves to Classic Rock". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 8, 2023.