WDXR
| Image:WDXR-LifeTalk-Logo.png | |
| City | Paducah, Kentucky |
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| Branding | Life Talk 1450 |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| First air date | December 24, 1957 (on 1560 kHz) |
| Format | Talk Radio |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 40637 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°5′55.00″N 88°37′19.00″W / 37.0986111°N 88.6219444°W |
| Former frequencies | 1560 kHz |
| Affiliations | Citadel Media, Genesis Communications Network, Salem Radio Network |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WDDJ, WKYQ, WKYX (AM), WKYX-FM, WLLE, WNGO, WPAD, WZYK |
WDXR along with FM translator W273CH at 102.5 (1450 AM, "1450 Life Talk") is a radio station licensed to serve Paducah, Kentucky, United States. The station, established in 1957, is currently owned by Virginia-based Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WDXR broadcasts a talk format, made up of programming geared toward personal & home advice (such as relationships, gardening, home repair, etc.) and finance. All programming is delivered via satellites. Like other Bristol Broadcasting Company in the Paducah, Kentucky market they also have local news updates from the Bristol owned West Kentucky Star.
This station began regular operation on December 24, 1957, broadcasting with 1,000 watts of power on a frequency of 1560 kHz. The station was assigned the call sign WDXR by the Federal Communications Commission.
WDXR was originally owned by Earl Weaks McKinney-Smith, serving as both company president as the station's first news director. McKinney-Smith had the FCC transfer the WDXR broadcast license to a new company called WDXR, Inc., which was owned by both E. Weaks McKinney-Smith and his wife, Lady Sarah McKinney-Smith. After E. Weaks McKinney-Smith died in February 1974, control of WDXR, Inc., passed solely to Lady Sarah McKinney-Smith.
In December 1978, WDXR, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Paducah Broadcasters, Inc. The deal, contingent on a simultaneous transaction for WPAD, was approved by the FCC on February 14, 1979. WDXR formerly broadcast on a frequency of 1560 kHz, before exchanging frequencies with WPAD (1450 AM) in February 1979. At the time of the swap, WDXR broadcast a middle of the road music format.
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