WGCL is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana

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, USA area. The station is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc and features programming from ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks

Premiere Radio Networks

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 and Westwood One

Westwood One

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WGCL is not related to WGCL-TV

WGCL-TV

WGCL-TV, virtual channel 46.1 is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its city of license is Atlanta, and the station is owned by Meredith Corporation, making it the largest-market CBS station not owned by the 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-FM

WTTS

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 92.3 on the air. It simulcasted WTTS until 1967. Tarzian also owned WTTV

WTTV

WTTV is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Bloomington, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis television market. WTTV is owned by the Tribune Company, and is one-half of a duopoly with WXIN , the market's Fox affiliate. The two stations share a studio at 6910 Network Place on the northwest...

 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 July 9, 1984, running a country-music format. On November 17, 1988, 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 Coast to Coast AM

Coast to Coast AM

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, The Wall Street Journal This Morning, The Dave Ramsey Show

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, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk, Kim Komando, At Home with Gary Sullivan, The Dennis Miller Show, The Huckabee Report

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, The Rush Limbaugh Show

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, The Sean Hannity Show

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, and The Clark Howard Show. Local programming is also produced by the station, including Glass in the Morning (Monday through Friday), In The Zone (Monday and Wednesday evenings), Joe Smith Sportstalk (Tuesday evenings), The Dr. Matt Andry Show (Friday evenings), and Your Money with David Hays (Saturday mornings).