WGCL (1370
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Bloomington, IndianaBloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 69,291 with a 2007 estimate of 72,254....
, USA area. The station is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc and features programming from
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WGCL is not related to
WGCL-TVWGCL-TV 19 {virtual channel 46.1) is the CBS television station serving the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area. Its city of license is Atlanta, and the station is owned by Meredith Corporation, making it the largest-market CBS affiliate not owned and operated by the TV network...
46, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, GA.
History
WGCL went on the air as WTTS in 1949, running 1000, then 5000 watts days and 500 watts nights on 1370 kHz. It was Bloomington's third AM radio station (the others being WSUA 1010 (1946-50) and WTOM 1490 (1947-51)). WTTS was a full-service/Middle-of-the-Road (MOR) station affiliated with the ABC Radio Network prior to that network's 1967 split, and the ABC Entertainment Network after that.
In 1960, Sarkes Tarzian put sister station
WTTV-FMWTTS is an FM radio station serving Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States, broadcasting at 92.3 FM. The station's format is classified as Adult Album Alternative or "Triple A." WTTS uses the slogan "World Class Rock" to describe its music mix...
92.3 on the air. It simulcasted WTTS until 1967. Tarzian also owned
WTTVWTTV, channel 4, is a television station licensed to Bloomington, Indiana, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the Indianapolis, Indiana television market. WTTV is owned by the Tribune Company, and is one-half of a duopoly with WXIN , the market's Fox affiliate...
Channel 4 (Channel 10 from 1949 to 1953) until the mid 1980s.
The station gradually started phasing in rock, beginning at night, in 1968. It dropped the MOR format in the mid '70s.
WTTS changed its callsign to WGTC on 1984-07-09, running a country-music format. On 1988-11-17, the station changed its call sign to the current WGCL.
In September 2008, WGCL began simulcasting on the 95.9 FM signal in Bloomington formerly utilized by sister station WTTS-FM.
Current Programming
WGCL currently carries
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, and select
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programming.