louisville kentucky branding espn radio 680 frequency 680 khz 105.7 fm whbe fm first air date august 24 1992 format sports power 1 000 watts day 450 watts night class b facility id 56520 transmitter coordinates 38 5 31.00 n 85 40 56.00 w 38.0919444 n 85.6822222 w 38.0919444 ; 85.6822222 former callsigns wxkn 1992 1997 wnai 1997 1999 wjie 1999 2002 wdrd 2002 2011 affiliations espn radio owner ub louisville llc sister stations whbe fm website espnlouisville.com whbe 680 am is a radio station broadcasting a sports format . licensed to newburg kentucky usa an unincorporated census designated place cdp community in jefferson county that in 2003 merged alongside the rest of the county with louisville the station serves the louisville area . the station is currently owned by ub louisville llc and features programming from espn radio . 1 history edit the station went on the air august 24 1992 as wxkn with a news talk format largely consisting of cnn headline news programming . the call letters were changed to wnai in 1997 . 2 word broadcasting network owner of television station wbna acquired the station in 1999 3 and renamed it wjie 2 sharing call letters with wjie fm which is owned by a sister entity to word broadcasting network . three years later the station was sold to the walt disney company which implemented its radio disney programming ; 4 on april 23 the call letters were changed to wdrd . 2 disney put wdrd up for sale in late september 2010 and originally planned to temporarily shut the station down on september 30 2010 . 5 however the station instead switched to espn radio itself owned by disney which had previously been heard on wqkc before it was shut down by cumulus media the preceding august 6 after a deal to sell the station to chad boeger was reached . 4 boeger acquired the station through ub louisville llc ; this entity shares several investors with union broadcasting owner of kansas city sports station whb . 7 the call letters were changed to the current whbe on february 18 2011 . its sister station whbe fm 105.7 mhz eminence frankfort ky which is audible in louisville metro city was acquired from davidson media llc in april 2014 majority simulcast with whbe am some espn deportes spanish programming to appeal to hispanic audience ; station was formerly all spanish wtuv fm 2 references edit whbe facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . a b c d whbe call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . application search details . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved october 26 2010 . a b disney sells another middle market radio disney outlet louisville s wdrd 680 . radio info.com . october 26 2010 . retrieved october 26 2010 . fybush scott september 27 2010 . disney shutters ams in ri ct . northeast radio watch . retrieved september 27 2010 . espn back on in louisville . all access . october 4 2010 . retrieved october 26 2010 . boyd terry december 8 2010 . adios disney hello espn union broadcasting near deal to acquire louisville radio station . insider louisville . retrieved march 9 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for whbe radio locator information on whbe query nielsen audio s am station database for whbe v t e radio stations in the louisville kentucky market by am frequency 620 680 790 840 900 940 970 1040 1080 1220 1240 1270 1350 1450 1550 1570 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.5 89.3 90.5 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.3 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.3 101.7 102.3 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.3 105.7 105.9 106.9 107.7 noaa weather radio frequencies 162.450 162.475 162.5 162.550 by callsign kih43 kih43a kzz64 waky waky fm wamz wayi wayk wcnd wdjx wfbr lp wfhs lp wfia wfia fm wfpk wfpl wghl wgtk wgzb fm whas whbe whbe fm wjie fm wkjk wkrd wlcl wlcr wlgx wllv wlou wlrs wlue wmjm wmpi wnas wnrw wocc wqmf wqnu wrka wsfr wslm wtfx fm wuol fm wvez wvky wxgo wxma wxvw wz2523 defunct wxbh lp 92.7 nearby radio markets bloomington columbus bowling green cincinnati evansville indianapolis lexington fayette owensboro see also list of radio stations in kentucky list of radio stations in indiana v t e sports radio stations in the state of kentucky stations wain columbia wbgn bowling green wcds glasgow wcmi ashland wftm maysville whbe newburg whbe fm eminence wkrd louisville wlcl louisville wlme lewisport wlxg lexington wntc drakesboro central city wofc murray wpad paducah wqxq central city owensboro wtco campbellsville wwku plum springs bowling green wwtf georgetown lexington wwxl manchester see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in kentucky see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e espn radio stations in the commonwealth of kentucky full time affiliates glasgow wcds newburg whbe eminence whbe fm lexington wlxg murray wofc campbellsville wtco madisonville wttl manchester wwxl hodgenville wxam see also list of espn radio affiliates see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in kentucky see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa this article about a radio station in kentucky is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whbe am & oldid 700636837 categories media in louisville kentuckyradio stations in kentuckyespn radio stationsradio stations established in 19921992 establishments in kentuckykentucky radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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