WKLB 104.5FM and 1290AM is a

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broadcasting a rock & roll, country and contemporary Christian format. It is licensed to

Manchester, Kentucky Manchester is a home rule-class city in Clay County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county and the home of a minimum- and medium-security federal prison. The city's population was 1,255 at the 2010 census. History The tow ...

, United States. The station is owned by Robert Rodgers and Curt Davis, through licensee Sonshine Broadcasting Company, Ltd., and features programming from

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and the

Kentucky News Network Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. In 1983 WKLB received approval from the

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(FCC) to increase its power to 5000 watts, making it one of the most powerful AM radio stations in the Kentucky Mountains. Its 5000 watt signal covers a good portion of the Kentucky Mountains. The station's range reaches as far east as Knott County, Kentucky, as far west as Somerset, Kentucky, as far north as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in

Campton, Kentucky Campton is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 441 at the 2010 census. History Campton was a camp town with a small creek, Swift Creek (named after Jonathan Swift of the leg ...

, and as far south as Jellico, Tennessee, on Interstate 75. The station has broadcast Clay County High School football, and boys' and girls' basketball games since first going on the air in 1980. WKLB 1290/104.5 has exclusive rights to the University of Kentucky football and men's and women's basketball via contract with IMG. The original founder of WKLB was Larry and Lynda Barker of Barker Broadcasting. WKLB is named after its founders. WKLB remained country in format with a popular morning talk show The SwapShop featuring host “Cornbread” from 1980 until it was sold in 2015.

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* *{{FMXL, W283AH KLB (AM) Radio stations established in 1980 1980 establishments in Kentucky Country radio stations in Kentucky Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Clay County, Kentucky