the call sign wcvx at 1050 am from 2006 to 2013 see wgri . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message wcvx city florence kentucky broadcast area cincinnati metropolitan area branding christian talk 1160 slogan cincinnati s christian voice frequency 1160 khz first air date 1984 format christian radio power 5 000 watts day 990 watts night class b facility id 35065 former callsigns wfkb 1984 1987 wmlx 1987 1993 wbnd 1993 1995 wkyn 1995 1997 wbob 1997 2006 wdjo 2006 2009 wqrt 2009 2013 affiliations none owner christian broadcasting system ltd. website www.christiantalk1160.com wcvx 1160 khz is an am radio station licensed to florence kentucky in the cincinnati metropolitan area . wcvx is owned by the christian broadcasting system and it carries a christian radio format . its studios and offices are on west seventh street in cincinnati and its transmitter is off fowler creek road in florence . wcvx broadcasts with a directional antenna at 5000 watts in the daytime but at night it reduces power to 990 watts to protect ksl in salt lake city the class a clear channel station on 1160 khz . hosts heard on wcvx include dr. charles stanley joyce meyer and jim daly . contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1.1.1 at 1180 am 1.1.2 move to 1160 1.1.3 new owner new format 1.2 wbob 1.2.1 the home of the bengals 1.2.2 the salem years 1.3 wdjo 1.3.1 history of the wdjo call sign 1.3.2 1160 and 1230 connections 2 wdjo moves to am 1480 3 wqrt real talk 1160 4 references 5 external links history edit early years edit at 1180 am edit wcvx originally signed on in 1984 as wfkb 1180 am a 1000 watt daytime only station licensed to florence kentucky . wfkb was required to sign off at sunset to protect wham in rochester new york which is the clear channel station on that frequency . wfkb was a full service station which served northern kentucky and offered news every hour along with middle of the road or mor music . wfkb changed to a country music format by 1986 and was simulcast with wiok fm in falmouth kentucky as an am fm combo . in 1987 wfkb was acquired by amber broadcasting . the format was changed to adult standards or nostalgia and the call letters were changed to wmlx to reflect a former station in the media market that had done the same format . in 1989 wmlx was acquired by hoker broadcasting which also owned then wofx fm at 94.9 mhz . the two stations were affiliated until 1992 when wofx fm was sold to heritage media . wmlx was then a stand alone station and was purchased in 1993 by klm communications which was headed by dr. kenneth l. mcdowell . move to 1160 edit in february 1993 wmlx was granted special temporary authority by the fcc to move to 1160 am and broadcast 24 hours per day at 1000 watts daytime power and 500 watts at night . call letters were changed in march 1993 to wbnd to reflect the station s new identity as the blend . this format was an attempt to merge the very popular nostalgia standards format with an urban adult contemporary format which had been klm s original plan for the station . an early attempt at a saturday sports talk show was hosted by cincinnati basketball legend oscar robertson . a sunday jazz show was hosted by local musician wilbert longmire . by 1995 wbnd had been sold to the owners of wnkr fm in dry ridge kentucky and the call letters changed to wkyn to reflect an emphasis towards northern kentucky news and sports . the station s signal was eventually upgraded to 5000 watts daytime and 990 watts nighttime with different directional patterns for day and night . from the station s new transmitter site near union kentucky wkyn was now directing its signal towards downtown cincinnati during the day . at night the power directed at cincinnati was only 1629 watts . the lower power coupled with typical nighttime am skywave interference caused the post sunset signal to be listenable in limited areas of the market mainly northern kentucky and the western side of cincinnati . wcvx still uses this transmitter site with the same signal parameters . new owner new format edit despite the nighttime limitations the station s new more powerful signal caught the attention of chancellor media which owned 1230 wube am 105.1 wube fm and 96.5 wygy in cincinnati . in 1995 wube am at 1000 watts had begun running a sports talk format known as 1230 the score . programming consisted of nationally syndicated imus in the morning and the fabulous sports babe as well as a local afternoon show and network programming from one on one sports in the evening and on weekends . chancellor purchased wkyn in 1996 and moved the score to the more powerful wkyn signal . while the new score was much more powerful during the day wkyn s nighttime signal was lacking as noted above in areas north of the ohio river and east of downtown cincinnati where wube am had provided a strong signal . wbob edit the home of the bengals edit at the conclusion of the 1996 nfl season wkyn stunned the local radio and sports communities by winning the rights to be the official home of the cincinnati bengals football team for three seasons . the games would also be simulcast on powerhouse sister station wube fm the city s dominant country station . on cincinnati reds opening day in 1997 the station changed call letters to wbob and became known as 1160 bob . the station eventually dropped syndicated programming during the day and ran a live and local sports talk format from 6 00 am to 7 00 pm each weekday . there were also various live weekend shows . during this time wube and wbob became a sports combo simulcasting some programs to make up for individual signal deficiencies . the stronger 1160 am was known as bob while 1230 am was known as bob 2 . in 1999 wbob s parent company by then known as amfm inc. merged with clear channel communications . because clear channel already owned the maximum number of stations allowed in the cincinnati market wbob was spun off to salem communications along with sister station wygy fm now wftk and owned by cumulus media . wube am now wdbz was sold to blue chip broadcasting while wube fm was sold to infinity broadcasting . bengals play by play then shifted to competing all sports station 1360 homer wcky and 92.5 the fox wofx fm both of which were owned by clear channel . in addition wlw would also carry the games once the reds season ended giving the network three flagship stations . most of the wbob hosts also made the transition to wcky at this time which is still the arrangement even though wcky now broadcasts at 1530 am . as of september 2008 the fm simulcast for bengals games was moved to webn fm 102.7 . wofx fm has since been sold to cumulus media . the salem years edit in august 2000 wbob was officially acquired by salem communications . salem kept wbob s sports talk format but changed the emphasis from local sports to an espn radio format . there was a local show in the afternoon featuring wbob program director doug kidd and reporter gregg waddell . this show would eventually be cancelled in favor of espn programming . a local midday program was introduced featuring wlwt tv sportscaster ken broo and waddell but that show would also be short lived . another local program featured cincinnati business courier columnist andy hemmer talking about the business of sports during his show the sportsticker with andy hemmer . in late 2003 salem dropped espn from wbob and flipped it to a talk radio format . it was programmed like most other salem owned talk stations using the salem radio network of talent such as dennis prager michael medved hugh hewitt bill bennett and mike gallagher . in addition other syndicated hosts aired on wbob including laura ingraham and bill o reilly . in february 2006 salem sold wbob to christian broadcasting system and exited the market altogether in exchange for a station in detroit . at that time alchemy broadcasting became the lease holder of wbob and changed the format to oldies and the call letters to wdjo . wdjo edit history of the wdjo call sign edit the wdjo call sign was previously used by another oldies station on 1230 am from 1985 to 1990 in the cincinnati area which is now urban talker wdbz . the wdjo call sign was also used by 106.5 fm in greenville ohio dayton market when it aired a jammin oldies format . that station is now wrzx . 1160 and 1230 connections edit the wmlx call letters and nostalgia format were originally on 1230 am between 1981 and 1985 . those call letters and format would later appear in 1987 on 1180 am the predecessor to 1160 am . the score sports talk format was launched on 1230 am in 1995 then moved to 1160 in 1996 . the wdjo call letters and oldies format originally appeared on 1230 am between 1985 and 1990 . those call letters and format are currently on 1160 am . alchemy broadcasting operates the station which is leased to them by its current owner michigan based christian broadcasting systems ltd. wdjo moves to am 1480 edit on monday may 18 2009 . wdjo announced a move to 1480 am the former wcin which previously aired a smooth jazz format . as part of the move both 1160 and 1480 began simulcasting the transition asking listeners by way of on air promotional announcements by charlie van dyke and the station s website to switch to 1480 . on saturday may 23 2009 wdjo began its new branding oldies 1480 . until may 28 messages interrupted oldies music on the 1160 frequency directing people to the 1480 frequency . throughout may 28 a 30 minute infomercial for a dietary supplement was run over and over . on may 29 christian programming and music was heard . on may 26 2009 christian broadcasting system ltd filed a request for the wqrt call letters for their florence ky station on 1160 am . on june 3 2009 the cincinnati enquirer s john kiesewetter reported that conservative talk featuring laura ingraham neil boortz dave ramsey and dr. laura schlessinger would debut on 1160 am on june 15 2009 . coincidentally 1160 am was the original cincinnati home of laura ingraham and dave ramsey when it was news talk wbob in 2003 . 1 wqrt real talk 1160 edit on june 15 2009 the station s call letters changed to wqrt and a conservative talk format debuted . the station was briefly known as q 1160 and even registered a web address at www.q1160.com . after several hours on the air the station s management realized that any use of the letter q in the cincinnati radio market was service marked by wkrq 101.9 fm which has been known as q102 for over 30 years . by the afternoon on june 15 the station had edited out the q 1160 reference in all imaging and had registered the new web domain www.realtalk1160.com . the station s primary image line was cincinnati s real talk 1160 . the station s lineup was primarily from the 24 hour satellite feed of talk radio network as part of trn s initiative to distribute its programming in bulk . it