WGTK (AM)
| City of license | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Branding | 970 The Answer |
| Slogan | Intelligent. Conservative. |
| Frequency | 970 kHz |
| First air date | 1933 (as WAVE) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 63936 |
| Callsign meaning | W G TalK |
| Former callsigns |
WAVE (1933-1981) WAVG (1981-1997) WLKY (1997-2000) |
| Owner | Salem Communications |
| Sister stations | WFIA-FM/AM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 970amtheanswer.com |
WGTK (970 AM, "The Answer") is a news/talk formatted radio station in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. It is currently owned by Salem Communications. It was once WAVE-AM, the sister station of WAVE 3 television, and later, WLKY (Channel 32)'s sister operation.
It is an affiliate for Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Miller, Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager. WGTK has also added a local midday show with former WHAS host Joe Elliott and is the radio home of Bellarmine University men's basketball.
In the 1990s, the call letters WGTK belonged to a now defunct classic rock station in Middlebury, Vermont called K101.
History
This station began as WFIW in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.[1] In 1932, WFIW was bought by George Norton Jr., and its transmitter was moved to Louisville, with the call letters being changed to WAVE-AM.[2]
On January 5, 2015 WGTK rebranded as "970 The Answer".[3]
Previous Logo
References
- ↑ "WFIW Rebuilding" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 15, 1931. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ Kieber, John E., Ed. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. P. 126.
- ↑ Salem Rebrands Talkers as The Answer
External links
- WGTK Official Site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WGTK
- Radio-Locator Information on WGTK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGTK
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Coordinates: 38°19′05″N 85°44′39″W / 38.31806°N 85.74417°W