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WULF

Radio station in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, United States

Field	Value
name	WULF
logo	94.3_The_Wolf.png
city	Hardinsburg, Kentucky
country	US
area	Louisville metropolitan area (southwest suburbs)
branding	94.3 The Wolf
frequency
repeater
airdate
format	Country music
erp	40,000 watts
haat	160 m
class	C2
facility_id	25799
coordinates
callsign_meaning	"Wolf"
former_callsigns	WHIC-FM (1979–1995)
owner	Skytower Communications - 94.3, LLC
sister_stations	WQXE
webcast
website
affiliations	Premiere Radio NetworksWestwood One
licensing_authority	FCC

WULF (94.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hardinsburg, Kentucky, United States, and serving the southwest suburbs of the Louisville metropolitan area. Owned by Skytower Communications - 94.3, LLC, it features a country music format branded as "94.3 The Wolf". Studios are located on West Dixie Avenue in Elizabethtown.

The transmitter is on Sam Dowell Road in Irvington, Kentucky. Programming is also heard on 160-watt FM translator W283AK at 104.5 MHz in Elizabethtown.

History

The station signed on the air on June 9, 1970. Its original call sign was WHIC-FM, the sister station of WHIC 1520 AM, which began broadcasting in 1968. The stations were simulcast and owned by Breckinridge County Broadcasting. WHIC 1520 AM had come on the air two years earlier as a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. For listeners with FM radios, WHIC-FM was able to continue the stations' programming past sunset.

WHIC-AM-FM aired a full service format of local news and information, sports, country music and middle of the road music. In its early years, WHIC-FM was powered at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It could only be heard in Hardinsburg and adjacent communities.

In 1982, both WHIC 1520 and WHIC-FM 94.3 were acquired by Key Broadcasting, with Terry Forcht as president. On May 24, 1995, WHIC-FM changed its call sign to the current WULF, and was rebranded as "The Wolf." It got a boost in power to 50,000 watts, extending its coverage to communities south and west of Louisville. WHIC 1520 was later taken silent.

In January 2002, the station was purchased by current owner Skytower Communications, which at that time was presided by then-Kentucky Broadcasters Association president Bill Evans. A few years later, the station would sign on translator W273AK (104.5 FM) to serve the Elizabethtown area.

On-air staff

The Wolf features mornings with Jimmy Wilson, middays with Kevin Jaggers and afternoons with Bobby Jack Murphy.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WULF is relayed by an additional translator to widen its broadcast area.

References

"WULF Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1977'' page C-85. Retrieved Jan. 17, 2025.]
"WULF Call Sign History". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
Nash, Francis M.. (1995). "Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State".
"History".

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