WHBE-FM (105.7

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, "ESPN Louisville") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Eminence, Kentucky Eminence is a home rule class city in Henry County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,498 at the 2010 census, up from 2,231 at the 2000 census. Eminence is the largest city in Henry County. Eminence is home to the loudspeake ...

, United States, the station serves the

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and

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areas. The station is owned by UB Louisville, LLC.

History

The station was assigned the

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WKXF-FM on 1988-05-11. On 1991-06-14, the station changed its call sign to WXLN, on 1991-07-02 to WXLN-FM, on 1996-06-14 to WXLM, on 2000-04-27 to WYKY, on 2001-12-27 to WTSZ, on 2002-01-04 to WTSZ-FM, on 2006-05-19 to WTUV-FM and on 2014-05-02 to the current WHBE-FM. The change to WHBE-FM came after the station was sold by

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to UB Louisville, who already owned WHBE (680 AM).

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