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Radio station in Carlisle, Kentucky, United States

WBVX

WBVX

Key facts

instance ofradio station
countryUnited States
located in the administrative territorial entityKentucky
All data from the card 19
Broadcast area
Lexington Metropolitan AreaCentral Kentucky
Frequency
92.1 MHz
Branding
Classic Rock 92.1
Format
Classic rock
Affiliations
Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network
Owner
L.M. Communications of Kentucky, LLC
Sister stations
WBTF, WCDA, WGKS, WLXG
First air date
January 1995 (as WCAK at 100.7)
Former call signs
WWLW (1992–1994, CP)WCAK (1994–1997)WVCM (1997–1998)WSTL (1998–2001)
Former frequencies
100.7 MHz (1995–2002)
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
Public license information
Public fileLMS
Webcast
Listen Live
Website
classicrock921fm.com

WBVX (92.1 FM) is a classic rock–formatted radio station licensed to Carlisle, 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). The station's studios are located at Triangle Center in downtown Lexington, and its transmitter is located in far northeast Fayette County, Kentucky.

History

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. The station initially broadcast country music on 100.7 MHz.

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.

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

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