WCVX

WCVX (1160 AM) is a radio station licensed to Florence, Kentucky in the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area that carries a Christian radio format.

History

Early years

At 1180 AM

WCVX originally signed on in 1984 as WFKB 1180 AM, a 1000 watt daytime-only station licensed to Florence, Kentucky. WFKB was required to sign off at sunset to protect WHAM in Rochester, New York which was — and is — the clear channel station on that frequency. WFKB was a full service station which served northern Kentucky, and offered news every hour along with Adult Contemporary, or MOR music.

WFKB changed to a country format by 1986, and was paired with WIOK-FM in Falmouth, Kentucky as an AM-FM combo. In 1987, WFKB was acquired by Amber Broadcasting. The format was changed to Adult Standards or Nostalgia, and the call letters were changed to WMLX to reflect a former station in the market that had done the same format.

In 1989, WMLX was acquired by Hoker Broadcasting, which also owned then-WOFX-FM at 94.9 MHz. The two stations were affiliated until 1992, when WOFX-FM was sold to Heritage Media. WMLX was then a stand-alone station, and was purchased in 1993 by KLM Communications, which was headed by Dr. Kenneth L. McDowell.