WLGK (94.7 FM) is a

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, listener-supported

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, and serving the

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. It is

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with 105.5 WLVK

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. They are owned by the Word Media Group and they air a

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known as "The Sound." WLGK has an

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(ERP) of 3,300

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s. The

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is on Corydon Pike in

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, near

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History

The station

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the air in . Its original

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was WAJE. In 2002, the station became co-owned with WFIA 900 AM after being acquired by the

Salem Media Group Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and wh ...

, the largest

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company in the U.S. It mostly simulcast the

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programming of

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WFIA 900 AM. On December 22, 2016, the Salem Media Group announced that it would hand operation of its Louisville radio stations, including WFIA-FM, to the Word Broadcasting Network (also known as Word Media Group). It would be under a time brokerage agreement. Word Broadcasting ended WFIA-FM's simulcast of WFIA 900 AM, with the AM station changing to a simulcast of Word's

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station

WJIE-FM WJIE-FM (88.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Okolona, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Louisville Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixt ...

. On February 10, 2020, Word Broadcasting announced that it would take advantage of the option in its agreement to acquire the stations from Salem for $4 million. The sale was completed on May 25, 2022. On August 7, 2023, WFIA-FM changed its format from Christian talk and teaching to worship music, branded as "94.7 The Sound".A New Sound For Louisville
Radioinsight - August 7, 2023 It switched its call sign to WLGK on August 10. Programming is simulcast in

, on WLVK (105.5 FM), which had launched the format in February 2023 under a

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(LMA).

References

External links

* LGK LGK Radio stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Indiana New Albany, Indiana {{Louisville-stub