1450 WXVW

Lou Kloufetos adds on September 2, 2008: "WXVW and WAVG AM were once owned by Sunnyside Communications, of which Charlie Jenkins was an owner. He was also Director of Sales and was a play-by-play announcer for Southern Indiana high school football and basketball. Both stations were located at 230 Magnolia Avenue in Jeffersonville. (The building is now vacant.) In the early 1970s the station carried the games of the Louisville Colonels baseball team. The home games were carried live while the road games were recreated using wire reports. I used to listen to Charlie Jenkins do the broadcasts, between the ages of 13 and 14. I was really fascinated by the concept.

"WXVW over the years played adult contemporary music and then in the '80s switched to the 'Music of Your Life' format from Al Ham productions. In the '90s the station became all sports and then after 2000 switched to country after WAVG took over the frequency at 1450. It stayed that way until Cumulus Media bought the station last year. When WXVW played 'Music of Your Life' the tapes were on 10-inch reels and fired from the board. That's when the announcers were live. Then it switched to the 'Stardust' format which was automated. The only time the station was live save for sports was morning drive time."

Gerry Cunningham writes on December 20, 2008: "Just looking at your WXVW page; I did mornings and was the PD there from late 71-through 72 and flipped it Oldies (a novel format at that time); for the 1st time in the station's history the station showed a measurable audience in the ARB. As I recall we were 3rd Women 18-34. By the way the vintage Western Electric console allegedly came from WKLO-TV, which I think was the 1st UHF TV station in Big Lou (short lived since no one back then had UHF on their TV! Also, the old building on Magnolia was said to be haunted....can't prove it of course, but one night I was filling in for the overnight jock and while reading the news the studio door flung itself open; that had never happened before and was quite a shocker since I was the only (living) person in the building!"

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1993-1994 Montage
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1996 Montage
1:36 - 565 MB

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