WCKL
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| City | Catskill, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Mid-Hudson Region |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| First air date | 1970 |
| Format | Defunct |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 43 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 63526 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°12′3.00″N 73°50′9.00″W / 42.2008333°N 73.8358333°W |
| Callsign meaning | W CatsKilL |
| Owner | Family Broadcasting and Media |
WCKL (560 AM) was a radio station licensed to Catskill, New York, USA, to broadcast at 560 kHz. The station lost its license in October 2016 in a consent decree with the FCC in which Brian Dodge admitted lying to the FCC, using various false names and addresses to control radio stations, numerous other violations, and a $100,000 fine to be paid by selling 3 FM translators to other broadcasters. Earlier, the station had sold to Clear Channel in a $4.3 million package deal which included WCKL, WCTW, WHUC and then-WTHK (now WZCR).[1]
WCKL had been primarily dark under current ownership, primarily due to non payment of transmitter site rent to I Heart Media. They had been silent since March 10, 2015 but were granted on March 9, 2016 STA (Special Temporary Authority) to use a temporary site at 25% power from a long wire antenna. The station never used that facility according to the consent decree so as a matter of FCC law WCKL's license expired March 10, 2016 due to one year of continuous silence.
References[edit]
- ^ "Clear Channel gets FCC nod". The Business Review. February 4, 2002. Retrieved January 23, 2008.
External links[edit]
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WCKL
- Radio-Locator Information on WCKL
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCKL
