WLUE (AM)
| Simulcasting WLOU Louisville | |
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| Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| Branding | 104.7 Jamz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | June 1, 1966 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Louisville (broadcast area, also similar to sister station WLOU) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 64024 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 320 watts days only |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°21′9.2″N 85°11′8.8″W / 38.352556°N 85.185778°W |
| Translator | 94.1 W231DB (La Grange) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WLUE (1600 AM) is a commercial radio station airing an urban adult contemporary format, with urban gospel music on Sunday mornings. Licensed to Eminence, Kentucky, it simulcasts with sister station 1350 WLOU in Louisville.[2] They are owned by New Albany Broadcasting, with studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, west of downtown. WLOU and WLUE target the African American community in the Louisville metropolitan area, which includes parts of Kentucky and Indiana. The Louisville radio market has approximately 200,000 African-American residents, about 16% of the population.
WLUE is a daytimer station. By day, WLUE is powered at 320 watts. To protect other stations on 1600 AM from interference, at night it must sign off the air. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W231DB in La Grange at 94.1 MHz.
History
The first station to operate on 1600 kHz in Eminence was WSTL, which broadcast from 1956 until 1962.[3] A new station, which reused the call sign WSTL, signed on the air on June 1, 1966. It changed its call sign to WKXF on September 17, 1986; to WXLN on August 1, 1990; back to WKXF on June 14, 1991; and to WTSZ on January 4, 2002.[4]
On September 26, 2011, WTSZ changed its format to news/talk, branded as "NewsTalk 1570", simulcasting WNDA (1570 AM) in New Albany, Indiana. The call sign changed to WLUE on January 20, 2012, and to WLRS on February 6, 2013.[4]
On May 25, 2015, WLRS changed its format to Spanish language contemporary, branded as "La Poderosa" (The Power). The call sign changed back to WLUE on June 3, 2016; to WKYI on December 15, 2017; to WBKI on January 19, 2018; and back to WKYI on February 8, 2018.[4] On October 9, 2018, WKYI split from its simulcast with WLRS and switched to a southern rock and classic country format branded as "My 94.1".[5]
On August 15, 2022, WKYI changed its format from classic country/southern rock to a simulcast of urban oldies-formatted WLOU (1350 AM) and returned to the WLUE call sign.[6]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLUE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WLUE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Leffingwell, Robert Down (1983). "WSTL". Causes and Indicators of Commercial AM Radio Station Failure: 1962-1976 (Dissertation). The Ohio State University. p. 547. ProQuest 303192463.
- ^ a b c "WLUE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ My 94.1 Launches With Southern Rock/Classic Country Near Louisville Radioinsight - October 9, 2018
- ^ WLOU Expands East of Louisville Radioinsight - August 15, 2022
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 64024 (WLUE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLUE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 156171 (W231DB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W231DB at FCCdata.org