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From fybush.com
Head back up the AA Highway, then cross the Licking River into Covington, and behind a shopping plaza on Winston Avenue you'll see these three towers: Covington's own local radio station, WCVG (1320).
This signal has had many owners and formats over the years; right now it's doing gospel, but we remember it fondly for a late-eighties stint as "all-Elvis radio." It was more than just a format-changing stunt - it was an actual format that lasted for at least a few months, as we recall. And with 500 watts day and 430 watts at night, it gets out better than you'd expect!
(We later heard from WCVG owner Dick Plessinger, who tells us he's actually just the second owner of this station, which signed on in 1965 under owner Irv Schwartz as WCLU and competed in the top-40 arena for some years; Plessinger changed the calls and added that middle tower for night service when he bought the station.)
http://www.fybush.com/Tower%20Site/030109/wcvg.jpg Click that link for a picture, courtesy of Fybush.com
Head back up the AA Highway, then cross the Licking River into Covington, and behind a shopping plaza on Winston Avenue you'll see these three towers: Covington's own local radio station, WCVG (1320).
This signal has had many owners and formats over the years; right now it's doing gospel, but we remember it fondly for a late-eighties stint as "all-Elvis radio." It was more than just a format-changing stunt - it was an actual format that lasted for at least a few months, as we recall. And with 500 watts day and 430 watts at night, it gets out better than you'd expect!
(We later heard from WCVG owner Dick Plessinger, who tells us he's actually just the second owner of this station, which signed on in 1965 under owner Irv Schwartz as WCLU and competed in the top-40 arena for some years; Plessinger changed the calls and added that middle tower for night service when he bought the station.)
http://www.fybush.com/Tower%20Site/030109/wcvg.jpg Click that link for a picture, courtesy of Fybush.com