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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WLKF
| logo             =
| city             = [[Lakeland, Florida]]
| area             = [[Central Florida]] - Lakeland - [[Winter Haven, Florida|Winter Haven]]
| branding         = Talk Radio 96.7
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1936|5|15}}
| frequency        = 1430 [[kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|96.7|W244BJ|Lakeland, relays [[WWRZ|WWRZ-HD4]]}}
| repeater         = {{Radio Relay|98.3|WWRZ-HD4|[[Fort Meade]]}}
| format           = [[Talk radio]]
| power            = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br>1,000 watts night
| erp              =
| haat             =
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 10341
| network          = [[Fox News Radio]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|28|2|27.00|N|81|56|8.00|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = '''L'''a'''K'''eland '''F'''lorida
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = [[Hall Communications|Hall Communications, Inc.]]
| sister_stations  = {{hlist|[[WONN]]|[[WPCV]]|[[WWRZ]]}}
| licensee         =
| webcast          =
| website          = {{URL|www.wlkf.com}}
| affiliations     = [[Premiere Radio Networks]]<BR>[[Westwood One]]<BR>[[Fox News Talk]]<BR>[[Seminole Sports Network|Florida Seminoles]]<br>[[List of Tampa Bay Buccaneers broadcasters|Tampa Bay Buccaneers Radio Network]]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WLKF''' (1430 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] "Talk Radio 96.7") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Lakeland, Florida]], and serving [[Central Florida]].  It broadcasts a [[talk radio]] [[radio format|format]] and is owned by [[Hall Communications|Hall Communications, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WLKF |title=WLKF Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
By day, WLKF transmits with 5,000 [[watt]]s, but to avoid interference with other stations on [[1430 AM]], at night it reduces power to 1,000 watts.  It uses a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] at all times.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WLKF-AM?loc=28.04125%2C-81.95898&locn=Lakeland%2C%20Florida Radio-Locator.com/WLKF]</ref>  Programming is also heard on [[FM translator]] '''W244BJ''' at 96.7 [[Hertz|MHz]] in Lakeland.
==Programming==
Weekdays on WLKF begin with a local news and information show, "Polk County Live with Len Erickson."  The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] [[conservative talk]] shows:  [[Brian Kilmeade]], [[Glenn Beck]], [[Sean Hannity]], [[Dave Ramsey]], [[Eric Metaxas]], "[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]" and  "[[America in the Morning]]."
Weekends feature shows on money, health, Christian programming, real estate, gardening, food, technology, pets, car repair and travel.  Weekend hosts include [[Kim Komando]] as well as repeats of weekday shows.  Most hours begin with an update from [[Fox News Radio]].
==History==
On {{start date and age|1936|5|15}}, the station first [[sign-on|signed on]] as WLAK.  It was an [[NBC Red Network]] [[network affiliate|affiliate]].  It stayed with NBC throughout the 1960s.  The call letters were changed to WQPD on December 1, 1971.
In the early 1980s, another call letter change took place, switching to the current WLKF.  The station began airing a [[full service radio|full service]] [[adult contemporary]] sound.   The format lasted until 1987 when it switched to its current Talk Radio format.
[[File:WLKF TALK1430-96.7 logo.png|thumb|Former logo]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|10341|WLKF}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|138530|W244BJ}}
{{Lakeland Radio}}
{{Hall Communications}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Florida}}
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[[Category:1958 establishments in Florida]]
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