WCKL (New York)

WCKL
Catskill, New York;
Broadcast area	Mid-Hudson Region
Frequency	560 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Family Broadcasting and Media
History
First air date	1970
Call sign meaning	W CatsKilL
Technical information
Facility ID	63526
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts (day); 43 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	42°12′3.00″N 73°50′9.00″W / 42.2008333°N 73.8358333°W

WCKL (560 AM) was a radio station licensed to Catskill, New York, USA, to broadcast at 560 kHz. The station lost its license in October 2016 in a consent decree with the FCC in which Brian Dodge admitted lying to the FCC, using various false names and addresses to control radio stations, numerous other violations, and a $100,000 fine to be paid by selling 3 FM translators to other broadcasters. Earlier, the station had sold to Clear Channel in a $4.3 million package deal which included WCKL, WCTW, WHUC and then-WTHK (now WZCR).^[1]

WCKL had been primarily dark under current ownership, primarily due to non payment of transmitter site rent to I Heart Media. They had been silent since March 10, 2015 but were granted on March 9, 2016 STA (Special Temporary Authority) to use a temporary site at 25% power from a long wire antenna. The station never used that facility according to the consent decree so as a matter of FCC law WCKL's license expired March 10, 2016 due to one year of continuous silence.

References

^ "Clear Channel gets FCC nod". The Business Review. February 4, 2002. Retrieved January 23, 2008. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

Facility details for Facility ID WCKL ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

[1] "Clear Channel gets FCC nod". The Business Review. February 4, 2002. Retrieved January 23, 2008. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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