WHAS (AM)

iHeartMedia owns two talk stations in Louisville. WKJK 1080 AM carries syndicated shows while WHAS features mostly local programming and news. Weekdays begin with the Kentuckiana Morning News anchored by Tony Cruise. Tony & Dwight (Tony Vanetti and Dwight Witten) are heard in late mornings and The Terry Meiners Show airs in afternoon drive time. Syndicated programs include The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Mark Levin Show, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, the outdoors, the law and home repair, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated shows include Armstrong & Getty, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Bill Handel on the Law, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell, At Home with Gary Sullivan and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham. Nights and weekends, most hours begin with an update from ABC News Radio. WHAS is the flagship radio station for the annual WHAS Crusade for Children Telethon.

WHAS is Louisville's primary station for the University of Kentucky athletic broadcasts from the UK Sports Network. Play-by-play includes Wildcats football and men's basketball games.[http://www.ukathletics.com/athletic-dept/marketing-radio.html "UK Sports Network Radio Affiliates"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224211519/http://www.ukathletics.com/athletic-dept/marketing-radio.html |date=February 24, 2015 }}. UKathletics.com. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

Starting in 2015, iHeartMedia began broadcasting Louisville City FC soccer games. WHAS had been the flagship for U of L Sports Network coverage of Louisville Cardinals football and basketball, and still carries some the Cardinals games. When there is a conflict with Wildcats games, co-owned WKRD 790 AM broadcasts Cardinals games.{{cite web |url=http://www.uoflsports.com/genrel/051006aaa.html |title=Louisville Athletics - U of L Radio Network Affiliates |website=Uoflsports.com |date=May 10, 2006 |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010102655/http://www.uoflsports.com/genrel/051006aaa.html |archive-date=October 10, 2012 }}

The U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio in its early days, adopted regulations, effective December 1, 1921, that formally established a broadcast service category. The wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) was designated for "entertainment" broadcasting, with 485 meters (619 kHz) assigned for "market and weather reports".[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=200 "Amendments to Regulations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011110035/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=200 |date=October 11, 2021 }}, Radio Service Bulletin, January 3, 1922, page 10. On July 13, 1922, the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times were issued a license for operation on both the 360- and 485-meter wavelengths. The WHAS call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential list.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=435 "New Stations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326182333/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=435 |date=March 26, 2023 }} Radio Service Bulletin, August 1, 1922, page 3. WHAS was the first broadcasting station in Kentucky, which was the 45th out of the then-48 states to establish a station.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.d0001186956&view=1up&seq=476 "All But Two States Now Broadcast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131175552/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.d0001186956&view=1up&seq=476 |date=January 31, 2024 }} Radio News, September 1922, page 480. Following a short series of test transmissions, WHAS made its formal debut broadcast on July 18, 1922.[https://courier-journal.newspapers.com/article/105859574/ Radio 'Fans' Within 350-Mile Radius Hear First Programme Sent From WHAS Station"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722002033/https://courier-journal.newspapers.com/article/105859574/ |date=July 22, 2023 }}, Louisville Courier-Journal, July 19, 1922, page 1.

In September 1922, the U.S. Department of Commerce set aside a second entertainment wavelength, 400 meters (750 kHz) for "Class B" stations, including WHAS, that had quality equipment and programming.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=462 "Amendments to Regulations: Regulation 57"], Radio Service Bulletin, September 1, 1922, pages 10-11. However, concerned that an abrupt frequency change would make it difficult for listeners to pick up the signal, station manager Credo Fitch Harris made arrangements to temporarily remain on 360 meters.Microphone Memoirs of the Horse and Buggy Days of Radio by Credo Fitch Harris, 1937, pages 249-251. In May 1923, additional "Class B" frequencies were made available, with 750 kHz now reserved nationwide for Louisville,[https://archive.org/details/radioage12unse/page/n362/mode/1up "Radio Conference Recommendations: New Wave Lengths"], Radio Age, May 1923, page 11. Beginning with these assignments, radio stations ended the practice of broadcasting their market reports and weather forecasts on the separate 485-meter wavelength. which was exclusively assigned to WHAS.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420265&seq=113 "Alterations and corrections"], Radio Service Bulletin, June 1, 1923, page 10.

WHAS was originally part of the local media empire managed by the Bingham family, which also published Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times (now owned by the Gannett Company and merged in 1987). On May 16, 1925, the first live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby horse race was made by WHAS and also by WGN in Chicago."Derby To Go On The Air", The New York Times, May 16, 1925, p. 11 The call of the Derby featured an announcer who watched from the windows of one of the famous twin spires of Churchill Downs.

On November 11, 1928, the Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40 made a major reallocation of the broadcasting frequencies. This introduced a category known as "clear channel stations" that included WHAS, which was assigned exclusive nationwide use of 820 kHz.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=405 "Broadcasting Stations, By Frequencies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009155749/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=405 |date=October 9, 2021 }} Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States (June 30, 1929, edition), page 123.

On May 15, 1932, WHAS changed from being an NBC Red Network affiliate, which it joined in late 1926.{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|page=23|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933}} It switched to the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), which previously aired on WLAP, now relocated in Lexington.{{r|nash|page=29}} WHAS carried the network's dramas, comedies, sports and news during the "Golden Age of Radio." The studios were at 300 Liberty Street in Downtown Louisville, co-located with the Courier-Journal.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1942/Radio-Alll-BC-YB-1942.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1942 page 134. Retrieved Dec. 6, 2024.]

In the early 1930s, WHAS operated with 10,000 watts of power. But in 1932, the output was increased to 25,000 watts as authorized by the FRC.{{cite news|title=CBS Adds WHAS and Windsor Unit|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting13unse#page/n443/mode/1up/|access-date=October 2, 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=April 15, 1932|page=16}}

During the Ohio River flood of 1937, the station gained nationwide notice for its coverage of the disaster. WHAS would broadcast Louisville flood bulletins over the facilities of WSM in Nashville after Louisville authorities were forced to cut electrical power to the city due to rising flood waters. This took WHAS's own signal off the air. During the flood, the station aired 115,000 messages.{{cite web | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003843847&view=1up&seq=223| title=The first quarter-century of American broadcasting|author=E.P.J. Shurick|page=209 | access-date=February 26, 2020 | archive-date=October 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009155752/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003843847&view=1up&seq=217 | url-status=live }}

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On March 29, 1941, the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) required many radio stations to change their dial positions. WHAS's clear channel frequency was shifted to its current assignment of 840 kHz.

In 1950, WHAS helped WSM-TV establish television service in Middle Tennessee with a microwave signal link from WHAS-TV.{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/the-whole-world-is-listening-whas-radio-coverage-of-the-1937-ohio-river-flood/?f|title=The Whole World Is Listening: WHAS Radio Coverage of the 1937 Ohio River Flood|work=History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online|date=June 5, 2007 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417084739/http://www.historynet.com/the-whole-world-is-listening-whas-radio-coverage-of-the-1937-ohio-river-flood.htm|archive-date=April 17, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WFBRXmittingWSMFloodCoverage%281937-01-27%29.mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 sound file |website=Lkyradio.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215730/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WFBRXmittingWSMFloodCoverage(1937-01-27).mp3 |archive-date=March 18, 2016 }}

WHAS was the home of The Moral Side of the News, one of the oldest public affairs programs in American broadcasting, dating back to the 1940s. The show was also seen on WHAS-TV since the 1950s. The program's panel of clergy members were involved in distributing the proceeds of the Crusade for Children among local charities since the telethon's beginning.{{cite web |url=https://www.whascrusade.org/about-us/|title=About Us|publisher=WHAS Crusade for Children |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330095039/http://crusadeforchildren.org/who-we-are |archive-date=March 30, 2017 }}

Experimental W9XEK began in 1944, at 45.5 MHz, on the original FM band. A second FM station was established on the newer FM band in 1947, when WCJT started at 99.7 FM, co-owned with WHAS. The WCJT call sign represented the initials of The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. By the following year, W9XEK was taken off the air and WCJT became WHAS-FM. Few people owned FM radio receivers in that era. Seeing little chance to make it profitable, the Bingham Family returned WHAS-FM's license to the FCC on December 31, 1950. Their attention was already on setting up a new television station.

WHAS-TV first signed on the air on March 27, 1950.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/1977-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page B-107. Retrieved Dec. 6, 2024.]  Originally broadcasting on channel 9, it was the second television station in Kentucky, after NBC affiliate WAVE-TV, which started in November 1948. WHAS-TV operated from brand-new studios in the Courier-Journal/Times Building at 6th & Broadway. Because WHAS 840 was a longtime CBS affiliate, WHAS-TV also aired CBS programming.

A second WHAS-FM began on September 7, 1966.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/1977-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-85. Retrieved Dec. 6, 2024] It broadcast at 97.5 MHz with a 100,000-watt transmitter, airing an automated classical music format. The Binghams ran the station as a public service with almost no advertising. This format lasted until September 3, 1975, when WHAS-FM was renamed WNNS and adopted the NBC Radio Network's "News and Information Service" (NIS) all-news radio format. Today, that station is co-owned country music outlet WAMZ.

As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, WHAS began a full service format of news, sports and middle of the road (MOR) music. Disc jockeys hosted music shows with frequent breaks for news, weather, sports scores and other information.

WHAS modernized its format in the early 1970s. The playlist switched to adult contemporary, featuring adult-appeal hits and recent oldies. One longtime slogan was "Good and Gold" (as in "good music", or adult contemporary, and "golden" oldies). For a time in the 1980s, it was also the Louisville affiliate for Casey Kasem's American Top 40.

WHAS was the original radio home to locally produced coverage of American Basketball Association games involving the Kentucky Colonels during that league's 1967-1976 existence.{{cite web |url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories.html |title=Colonels Fan Memories (Page 1) |publisher=Remember the ABA |date=April 28, 1976 |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515211057/http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories.html |archive-date=May 15, 2017 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories2.html |title=Colonels Fan Memories (Page 2) |publisher=Remember the ABA |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515211257/http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories2.html |archive-date=May 15, 2017 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories3.html |title=Colonels Fan Memories (Page 3) |publisher=Remember the ABA |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515211712/http://www.remembertheaba.com/FanMemories/Colonels_Fan_Memories3.html |archive-date=May 15, 2017 }}

On the afternoon of April 3, 1974, Louisville was hit by an F4 tornado that developed during the 1974 Super Outbreak. WHAS broke away from regular programming to track the storm as it passed through the Louisville metropolitan area. In the hours immediately following the storm, the station delivered important information about what areas had been directly impacted by the storms, and traffic reporter Dick Gilbert followed the tornado in his helicopter, reporting on the damage as he flew at a safe distance behind the storm. The station stayed with continuous coverage of the disaster in Louisville and across the state of Kentucky and the southern portion of Indiana until well into the early morning hours of April 4.[http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHASApril1974TornadoCoverage01.mp3 WHAS April 1974 Tornado Coverage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031056/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHASApril1974TornadoCoverage01.mp3 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. LKYradio.com. (MP3) Retrieved April 3, 2014.Willis, Scott. "[http://lkyradio.com/WHASairchecks.htm Welcome to LKY Radio - Classic Louisville, Kentucky radio - WHAS Airchecks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030146/http://www.lkyradio.com/WHASairchecks.htm |date=April 7, 2015 }}". LKYradio.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015. For their efforts, the station's personnel earned thanks from then-Kentucky Governor Wendell Ford and President Richard Nixon.

In 1986, the Bingham Family decided to divest its media company holdings.{{cite magazine|title=Changing Hands.|magazine=Broadcasting|date=June 16, 1986|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1986/BC-1986-06-16.pdf#num=70|page=63|access-date=June 20, 2024}}

WHAS and WAMZ (the former WHAS-FM) were acquired in 1986, by Clear Channel Communications based in San Antonio. In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia, WHAS's current owner.

WHAS 840 continued to air a full-service AC and oldies format through the 1980s. WHAS one of the last 50,000-watt clear-channel radio stations to feature music programming on a regular basis. Personalities on the weekday lineup included Terry Meiners{{cite web|url=http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/community/2015/04/09/terry-meiners-840-whas-radio/25516365/|title=Terry Meiners Renews With NewsRadio 840 WHAS|author=News Release|date=April 9, 2015|publisher=WHAS|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417081603/http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/community/2015/04/09/terry-meiners-840-whas-radio/25516365/|archive-date=April 17, 2015}} and Lachlan McLean on "SportsTalk 840". By the 1990s, the music shows were ending and the station switched to a news–talk format.

On January 17, 1994, a record overnight snowstorm paralyzed the city and much of the state of Kentucky.{{cite news|last1=Kolarik|first1=Kim|title=Louisville's 1994 winter storm was something for the record books|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/01/17/louisvilles-1994-winter-storm-was-something-for-the-re/28936385/|access-date=April 4, 2017|work=The Courier-Journal|date=January 17, 2014}} WHAS had round the clock updates and school closing information for nearly a week.{{cite web |url=http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WHAS1994WinterStormCoverage.mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 sound file |website=Lkyradio.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319040736/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHAS1994WinterStormCoverage.mp3 |archive-date=March 19, 2016 }} On May 28, 1996, another tornado outbreak occurred in Kentuckiana and the station suspended its election coverage that night to cover the storm.{{cite web |url=http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WHASBullittCountryTornadoCoverage(1996-05-28).mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 sound file |website=Lkyradio.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318215440/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHASBullittCountryTornadoCoverage(1996-05-28).mp3 |archive-date=March 18, 2016 }}

Prior to 1995, WHAS broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo.{{cite web|url=http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~amstereo/offenders.htm|title=Offenders of The Faith|website=Eastlink.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184430/http://users.hfx.eastlink.ca/~amstereo/offenders.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2007}} Following an initial testing period which started in 2006, beginning in September 2007 WHAS broadcast full-time using the HD Radio IBOC digital radio system.{{cite web|url=http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=55|title=HD Radio station guide for Louisville, KY|website=Hdradio.com|access-date=April 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045149/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=55|archive-date=October 29, 2016}} HD Radio has since been turned off.

The late morning slot (9 am to noon) has seen several changes. Francene Cucinello hosted "The Francene Show" until her death on January 15, 2010. She was replaced that summer by Mandy Connell. In turn, Connell left in August 2013, to become the morning host on co-owned KHOW 630 AM in Denver.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/07/24/khows-successor-to-boyles-is-mandy-connell/15410/ |title=KHOW's successor to Peter Boyles is Mandy Connell |first=Joanne |last=Ostrow |work=Ostrow Off the Record |date=July 24, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053334/http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/07/24/khows-successor-to-boyles-is-mandy-connell/15410/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }} Her last show on WHAS was on August 9.{{cite news |url=http://wfpl.org/post/mandy-connell-leaving-whas-denver |title=Mandy Connell Leaving WHAS for Denver |first=Gabe |last=Bullard |publisher=WFPL |location=Louisville, KY |date=July 24, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808222217/http://wfpl.org/post/mandy-connell-leaving-whas-denver |archive-date=August 8, 2013 }} For several months after her move, Connell provided daily one-minute commentaries, known as "Mandy Minutes", to WHAS. Connell's slot was filled by Leland Conway, previously a talk radio host in Lexington and most recently Richmond, Virginia, whose show began airing on September 16.{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130904/COLUMNISTS1802/309040104/Leland-Conway-replaces-Mandy-Connell-at-84-WHAS-radio |title=Leland Conway replaces Mandy Connell at 84 WHAS radio |first=Christa |last=Ritchie |work=The Buzz |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=September 19, 2013}} (soft paywall)

Significant changes came to the afternoon and evening lineup in the first half of 2015. In February, McLean announced he would leave WHAS on May 15 and move to Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://www.wdrb.com/story/28164704/crawford-lach-going-off-the-clock-host-to-leave-whas-sportstalk-in-may |title=Lach going off the clock - host to leave WHAS SportsTalk in May |first=Eric |last=Crawford |publisher=WDRB |location=Louisville, KY |date=February 21, 2015 |access-date=April 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416121425/http://www.wdrb.com/story/28164704/crawford-lach-going-off-the-clock-host-to-leave-whas-sportstalk-in-may |archive-date=April 16, 2015 }} In April, it was confirmed that Sports Talk 840 would end when McLean left WHAS. Effective May 18, Meiners' show was cut back by an hour. The 6-8 time slot was filled by Connell, who returned to the Louisville market with a locally focused talk show. Then longtime fill-in host Mary Walter took over as the permanent host and continued the local focused format. The Mark Levin Show moved to the 8-11 pm slot, being delayed by two hours instead of three.{{cite news |url=http://www.wdrb.com/story/28812609/crawford-sports-talk-out-mandy-connell-back-in-on-whas-radio |title=Mandy Connell back in, Sports Talk out for WHAS Radio |first=Eric |last=Crawford |publisher=WDRB |location=Louisville, KY |date=April 15, 2015 |access-date=April 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416115940/http://www.wdrb.com/story/28812609/crawford-sports-talk-out-mandy-connell-back-in-on-whas-radio |archive-date=April 16, 2015 }} An extra hour of Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis was picked up.

At the same time as the spring 2015 lineup changes, WHAS replaced The Bill Cunningham Show in its Sunday night lineup with The John and Leah Show, a syndicated weekly news review program hosted by former WHAS personality John Ziegler and Leah Brandon. Cunningham's show, based at co-owned WLW Cincinnati, has since returned to Sunday evenings.

• Randy Atcher, children's host, cowboy singer
• Ford Bond, network announcer in the era of old-time radio{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=W.J.|title=Ford Bond Would Like to Become Football Announcer|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3902160/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|agency=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=November 20, 1932|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=66|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 27, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106225122/http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3902160/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|archive-date=January 6, 2016}} {{Open access}}
• Foster Brooks, show host and emergency reporter, 1937 Flood coverage
• Gary Burbank, afternoon DJ{{cite web |url=http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WHASGaryBurbankFirstDay(1976).mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 sound file |website=Lkyradio.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319222241/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHASGaryBurbankFirstDay(1976).mp3 |archive-date=March 19, 2016 }}
• David Dick, newscaster, later with WHAS-TV and from 1966 to 1985 CBS News
• Cawood Ledford, sports
• Lachlan McLean, sports; final host of Sports Talk 840
• Don McNeill, national morning radio host
• Milton Metz, talk show host, notable for live broadcast after April 3, 1974, tornado that shared information about the aftermath.{{cite web |url=http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WHASApril1974TornadoCoverage09.mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 sound file |website=Lkyradio.com |access-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319040903/http://lkyradio.com/audio/WHASApril1974TornadoCoverage09.mp3 |archive-date=March 19, 2016 }}
• Hugh Smith
• Mary Walter, talk show host{{Cite web|last=Courier-Journal|first=The|title=Mary Walter to host WHAS-84 talk show|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/02/25/mary-walter-host-whas-84-talk-show/80941738/|access-date=July 26, 2020|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US}}
• John Ziegler, talk show host{{cite web|url=https://www.wave3.com/story/3392530/local-radio-personalities-react-to-ziegler-ruling/|title=Local Radio Personalities React To Ziegler Ruling|date=May 25, 2005|work=wave3.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417083602/http://www.wave3.com/story/3392530/local-radio-personalities-react-to-ziegler-ruling|archive-date=April 17, 2015}}

• WHAS-TV
• List of radio stations in Kentucky

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• {{cite book|author= Credo Fitch Harris |title=Microphone Memoirs of the Horse and Buggy Days of Radio |year=1937|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill Company}} (about WHAS and early radio in general)
• {{cite journal |title=WHAS Radio and the Development of Broadcasting in Kentucky, 1922-1942 |author= Terry L. Birdwhistell |journal=Register of the Kentucky Historical Society |volume= 79 |jstor=23379633 |year=1981 |issue= 4 |pages= 333–353 }}
• {{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933}}

• {{officialwebsite|https://whas.iheart.com/}}

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• {{Cite web|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=59357 |title=History Cards for WHAS|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (covering 1927–1980) (Guide to reading History Cards)

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