WCKF is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to serve Ashland, Alabama

Ashland, Alabama

Ashland is a town in Clay County, Alabama, United States. The population was 1,965 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a city; according to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 1,885. The town is the county seat of Clay County.-History:...

. The station is owned L.E. GRADICK, WCKF, LLC.
With programming that includes, Trade Line, a buy, sell or trade electronic bulletin board Monday - Saturday 9am - 10am. PRN NASCAR programming and Alabama 100.7 is your home for Crimson Tide Football and Basketball

This 100.7 MHz frequency became available after WHMA-FM, an unrelated country formatted station at 100.5 MHz known as "Alabama 100", moved to Atlanta in early 2001 and WANZ in Northport, Alabama

Northport, Alabama

Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 24th largest city in Alabama with an estimated population of 23,442 in 2009...

, changed its dial position from 100.7 MHz to 100.5 MHz and began broadcasting from a taller tower near Vance, Alabama

Vance, Alabama

Vance is a town in Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, just outside of the city of Tuscaloosa. It is most famous for the Mercedes-Benz plant, currently the only one in North America...

, in April 2003.

The new 100.7 MHz station was assigned the WCKF call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on November 28, 2006. WCKF came on the air as a sister station to co-owned WCKA

WCKA

WCKA is a radio station licensed to serve Jacksonville, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Leslie E. Gradick and licensed to Alabama 810 LLC...

 (810 AM

AM broadcasting

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) at the end of January 2008. The station received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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from the FCC on January 25, 2008. On May 1, 2010, Alabama 100.7 WCKF, became their own LLC. WCKF, LLC. The next Alabama 100.