WBVX

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).[2] The station's studios are located at Triangle Center in downtown Lexington, and its transmitter is located in far northeast Fayette County, Kentucky.

WBVX
Broadcast areaLexington Metropolitan Area
Central Kentucky
Frequency92.1 MHz
BrandingClassic Rock 92.1
Programming
FormatClassic rock
AffiliationsCincinnati Bengals Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerL.M. Communications of Kentucky, LLC
WBTF, WCDA, WGKS, WLXG
History
First air date
January 1995 (as WCAK)[1]
Former call signs
WWLW (1992-1994, CP)
WCAK (1994-1997)
WVCM (1997-1998)
WSTL (1998-2001)
Technical information
Facility ID30191
ClassC2
ERP32,000 watts
HAAT186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°11′19″N 84°22′13″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteclassicrock921fm.com

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.[3] 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.[4]

By 2012, the station was airing a classic hits format as B92.[5] In 2014, LM Communications would flip WBVX from classic hits to its current classic rock format.[6]

References
  1. 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 8 January 2023.
  2. "WBVX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WBVX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. "License to Cover for FM Application". Federal Communications Commission. 30 January 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. Venta, Lance (8 April 2012). "Pair of Changes Coming to Lexington, KY". RadioInsight. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. Venta, Lance (5 September 2014). "WBVX Moves to Classic Rock". RadioInsight. Retrieved 8 January 2023.


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