WKLF (1000 AM, "The Peach") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to serve the community of Clanton, Alabama. The station is owned by WKLF LLC. It airs a

Southern gospel Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ...

and

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as we ...

format. The station was assigned the WKLF call letters by the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

on March 4,

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

Marion W. Easterling Marion Wesley Easterling (March 12, 1910 - December 10, 1989) was an American music composer in the genre of southern gospel who claimed he had written around 300 songs.1986 Congressional Record, Vol. 132, Page S 4479 His compositions include "Wh ...

hosted a gospel radio show on WKLF.Love, Joyanna. "WKLF celebrating 70 years of broadcasting", ''The Clanton Advertiser,'' February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

References

External links

Official Website

FCC Public Inspection File for WKLF
* KLF Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Alabama KLF Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States Oldies radio stations in the United States Chilton County, Alabama {{Alabama-radio-station-stub