WCLB

WCLB (950 AM) is a radio station in Sheboygan, Wisconsin which airs a sports talk format and is a full affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. WCLB is owned by Mountain Dog Media, a company owned by former State Senator Randy Hopper.

History

The station came on the air in the mid 1950s as WSHE then asked to change calls to WKTL for the Kettle Moraine area, but competitor WHBL told the FCC there would be confusion, so WKTS was chosen (KeTtleS to stand for the Kettle Moraine range to the west of Sheboygan) and had a general MOR format mixed with local talk. Launching from a former gas station building at Sheboygan Falls, the station eventually moved its studios located to the second floor of the Walgreens building in downtown Sheboygan at 814 North Eighth Street. WKTS moved to the corner of Union Avenue and South 12th Street in the early 1980s. The station stayed on the air as WKTS until 1991, when the ownership group was foreclosed by a local bank and the station was forced to go dark.

Early owners included David A. Bensman, a prominent Sheboygan business man, who created THE FREE PRESS in Two Rivers, Wi, B&B Sound System, Radio and Record Center store, and who created the Polkaland Record label. Upon David A, Bensman's death the station was sold to long-time owners R. Karl Baker and his wife Jane, later sold to First Concord of Minnesota, headed by Steven T. Moravec for a short time, next to Sheboygan Broadcasting, headed by long-time Sheboygan announcer, Julian Jetzer.