WBKV

WBKV (1470 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to West Bend, Wisconsin, USA, the station's coverage area consists of Milwaukee's northern suburbs. The station is currently owned by West Bend Broadcasting Co. and features hourly news updates from NBC News Radio.

History

Prior to 1983, WBKV was a 1000 watt daytime-only station. The station aired a local, full service format featuring local talk as well as lifestyle programming and some syndicated talk shows and music programming – 70s and big band music until around 2001. At that time, it flipped to a satellite driven classic country format to compliment sister WBWI-FM. The local morning show was retained, other shows were cancelled. Most of the dayparts during the classic country period were covered by Jones Radio Network's classic country feed. There were voicetracked breaks from local staff in afternoon drive during the week for a few years. The station flipped to News/Talk around March 15, 2013^[1] and is branded as "LOCAL" news/talk. The station has a history of covering local high school sports – football, basketball, and baseball. It was an affiliate of the Wisconsin Badgers radio network prior to the flip to classic country.

References

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBKV
• Radio-Locator Information on WBKV
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBKV