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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WCCK
| logo             = [[Image:WCCK K95.7 logo.jpg|200px]]
| city             = [[Calvert City, Kentucky|Calvert City]], [[Kentucky]]
| area             =
| branding         = ''K95.7''
| frequency        = 95.7 [[MHz]]
| repeater         =
| airdate          = [[1994 in radio|1994]]
| format           = [[Classic Country]]
| erp              = 3,500 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|104|meters}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 63436
| coordinates      = {{coord|37|4|21|N|88|15|4|W|region:US_type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = '''C'''alvert '''C'''ity, '''K'''entucky
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = Jim Freeland
| licensee         = Freeland Broadcasting Co, Inc.
| sister_stations  = [[WCBL (AM)|WCBL]]/[[WCBL-FM]]
| webcast          = [http://cast2.asurahosting.com/start/freeland/?fbclid=IwAR3uAF4pRZkU7cTfPHijVt3PbKBc4_M_udKvRhncwgFamc5d9PWO9CjzGPU Listen Live]
| website          = [https://www.marshallcountydaily.com/ www.marshallcountydaily.com]
| affiliations     = [[Marshall County High School (Kentucky)|Marshall County High School]]<ref name="MCHS">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/aaronclayton91289/posts/pfbid0iWKmwkApLSE7vvH6ETVaHAoVnSzczZdZmm1tBRfSxx9qL7Zy8tb8oCGpRZaovdj8l|title=Post|last=Clayton|first=Aaron|publisher=[[Facebook]]|date=12 October 2022|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><br>[[Lyon County, Kentucky|Lyon County]] High School<ref name="LCHS">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/aaronclayton91289/posts/pfbid027Ebjn9aLgendUPdEi7arVnv2NZScV4BRNuM22rPhEQg49yV2pyiyDrUwV7iCJZsRl|title=Post|last=Clayton|first=Aaron|publisher=[[Facebook]]|date=7 March 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><br>[[Motor Racing Network]] - [[NASCAR Cup Series]]<ref name="MRN">{{cite web|url=https://www.mrn.com/radio-affiliates/|title=Radio Partners|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WCCK''' (95.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "K95.7") is a [[classic country]]–[[Radio format|formatted]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Calvert City, Kentucky|Calvert City]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States]].  The station is owned by Jim Freeland along with [[oldies]] stations [[Benton, Kentucky|Benton]]–licensed [[WCBL (AM)|WCBL]] (1290 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) and [[Grand Rivers, Kentucky|Grand Rivers]]–licensed [[WCBL-FM]] (99.1 FM).
==Programming==
WCCK broadcasts a [[classic country]] music format to the [[Paducah, Kentucky]], area.<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}}</ref>  In addition to its usual music programming, WCCK was previously an [[Network affiliate|affiliate]] of the [[Tennessee Titans]] [[Titans Radio Network|football radio network]], a distinction now held by sister station WCBL.<ref>{{cite web |work=Titans Radio |title=Titans Radio in Kentucky |url=http://titansradio.com/sectional.asp?id=28041 |access-date=March 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217071206/http://titansradio.com/sectional.asp?id=28041 |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the [[University of Louisville]] [[Louisville Cardinals|Cardinals]] athletics network.<ref>{{cite web |work=The Official Site for University of Louisville Athletics |title=U of L Radio Network Affiliates |url=http://www.uoflsports.com/genrel/051006aaa.html |access-date=March 15, 2009}}</ref> It currently airs [[NASCAR Cup Series]] races via the [[Motor Racing Network]]<ref name="MRN">{{cite web|url=https://www.mrn.com/radio-affiliates/|title=Radio Partners|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
==History==
Stice Communications received the original [[construction permit]] for a new FM radio station from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on March 5, [[1993 in radio|1993]].<ref name="fccp">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-19900308MJ) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=145753 |date=March 5, 1993}}</ref>  The new station was assigned the callsign '''WCCK''' by the FCC on May 14, 1993.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=63436&Callsign=WCCK |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref>  WCCK received its [[broadcast license|license to cover]] from the FCC on January 10, 1994.<ref name="flic">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19930916KA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=189980 |date=January 10, 1994}}</ref>
In May 2000, Stice Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Freeland Broadcasting.  The deal was approved by the FCC on July 11, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on July 31, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-20000424ABK) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=497037 |date=July 31, 2000}}</ref>
The callsign WCCK was originally assigned to [[WRTS|103.7 at Erie, Pennsylvania]], in the late 1960s, until the early 1990s when the call was changed to WMXE.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/WCCK957/photos/a.191470857546167.55921.118302578196329/126163264076927/?type=1&theater WCCK 95.7 Facebook]
*{{FM station data|63436|WCCK}}
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