WKLB (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WKLB


city = Manchester, Kentucky
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slogan =
branding = "Honeybee 1st Choice"
frequency = 1290 kHz
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airdate = 1980
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format = Country music
power = 5,000 watts day
34 watts night
erp =
haat = 351.0 meters
class = D
facility_id = 3964
coordinates = coord|37|8|15.00|N|83|46|50.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = KLB = Country 'Club', once used on [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
former_callsigns =
owner = Barker Broadcasting Company,
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = no
website =
affiliations = ABC Radio, Kentucky News Network.

WKLB (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Manchester, Kentucky, USA. The station is currently owned by Barker Broadcasting Company, under the direction of Larry "Cornbread" Barker, and features programing from [ABC Radio] and the Kentucky News Network] . [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKLB |title=WKLB Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

In 1983 WKLB received approval from the FCC to increase its power to 5000 watts making it one of the most powerful a.m radio stations in the Kentucky Mountains. WKLB's 5000 watt signal covers a good portion of the Kentucky Mountains. WKLB's 5000 watts station reaches out as far east as Knott County, KY. Far west as Somerset, KY. Far north as the Bert.T.Combs Mountain Parkway in Campton Kentucky and as far south as Jelico Tennessee on interstate 75.fact|date=July 2008

The station has broadcast Clay County High School football basketball games since first going on the air in 1980.

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*AM station data|WKLB