WBCF (1240

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format. Licensed to serve the

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, the station broadcast to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The station was owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc.

History

WBCF went on the air in 1946, and featured programming from

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. Company namesake Benny Carle was, from the 1950s through the 1970s, a

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television stations, the latter of which (the present

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cancelled the station’s license on January 2, 2025.

References

External links

Benny Carle-Classic Alabama TV
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