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Louisville Radio Trivia: In 1930 there
were five radio stations in the entire state of Kentucky: WHAS in
Louisville, WLAP in Lexington, WFIW in Hopkinsville, WCKY in Covington and
WPAD in Paducah. By 1945, Louisville had four stations of its own: WHAS,
WAVE, WGRC (which became WAKY in 1958) and WINN.
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Radio Center at
the 1949 Kentucky State Fair at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds, 1400
Cecil Avenue
On stage, at the microphone, is
then Governor Earle Clements (right) and Esther Neal, 3rd place
winner in the 1949 National Fiddle Contest.
Along the top we see various stations that originated broadcasts
from this stage during the state fair's run. WLBJ (Bowling Green),
WLOU, WAVE, WGRC, WHAS, WKLO, WKYW (all out of Louisville), WHIR
(Danville), and the Armed Forces Radio Service (Ft. Knox). We also
see two FM stations listed (Louisville's WBOX and Bowling Green's
WBON) and a brand new television station, WAVE-TV Channel 5. |
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Other Louisville Stations
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Roster
of AM and FM Radio stations serving metropolitan Louisville
in 1967 (each group reading left to right on your dial): |
AM
Stations
WTMT Jefferson Broadcasting Co., 620 kc, 500 watts
WAKY Lin Broadcasting Co., 790 kc, 5,000 watts
WHAS WHAS, Inc., 840 kc, 50,000 watts, clear channel
WFIA Radio 900, Inc., 900 kc, 1,000 watts
WAVE WAVE, Inc., 970 kc, 5,000 watts
WKLO Air Trails, 1080 kc, 5,000 watts
WINN Kentucky Central Broadcasting Inc., 1240 kc, 1,000
watts
WREY M.R. Lankford Broadcasting, Inc., 1290 kc, 1,000
watts
WLOU Rounsaville of Louisville, Inc., 1350 kc, 5,000
watts
WXVW Electrocast, Inc., 1450 kc, 1,000 watts
WSAC Fort Knox Broadcasting Corp., 1470 kc, 1,000 watts
WHEL Shell Broadcasting Inc., 1570 kc., 1,000 watts |
FM
Stations (Commercial)
WHAS-FM WHAS, Inc., 97.5 mc, 100,000 watts
WKLO-FM Air Trails, 99.7 mc, 9,340 watts
WLRS-FM Kentucky Technical Institute, 102.3 mc, 3,000 watts
WSTM-FM J.W. Dunavent, 103.1 mc, 3,000 watts
WSAC-FM Fort Knox Broadcasting, 105.5 mc, 6,000 watts
WKRX-FM WKRX, Inc., 106.9 mc, 50,000 watts |
FM
Stations (Non-Commercial)
WNAS-FM New Albany-Floyd County School Corp., 88.1 mc, 800
watts
WFPL-FM Louisville Free Public Library, 89.3 mc, 160 watts
WFPK-FM Louisville Free Public Library, 91.9 mc, 20,000 watts |
The Louisville AM dial in November 1969
The Louisville FM dial in November 1969
Roster for 1977 softball game featuring
several Louisville radio and TV personalties
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