City | Florence, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Florence-Muscle Shoals |
Branding | NewsTalk 1240 |
Slogan | "Talk That Matters" |
Frequency | 1240 kHz |
Translator(s) | 97.3 MHz |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 4769 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°47′1.00″N 87°42′15.00″W / 34.7836111°N 87.7041667°W |
Affiliations | Westwood One, CBS Radio, Fox News Radio |
Owner | Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc. |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wbcf.com |
WBCF (1240 AM, "NewsTalk 1240") is an American radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to serve the community of Florence, Alabama, the station broadcasts to the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area.
The station is currently owned by Benny Carle Broadcasting, Inc., and features programming from Westwood One, CBS Radio, and Fox News Radio.
Company namesake Benny Carle was, from the 1950s through the 1970s, a children's show host on Birmingham and Huntsville television stations, the latter of which (the present WAFF-TV) he was a minority owner.