WLUE (AM)
{{short description|Radio station in Eminence, Kentucky}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WLUE
| above = Simulcasting WLOU Louisville
| logo =
| city = Eminence, Kentucky
| area = Louisville metropolitan area
| branding = 104.7 Jamz
| frequency = 1600 kHz
| translator = 94.1 W231DB (La Grange)
| repeater =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1966|6|1}}
| format = Urban Adult Contemporary
| class = D
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 64024
| coordinates = {{coord|38|21|9.00|N|85|11|9.00|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = W LoUisvillE (broadcast area, also similar to sister station WLOU)
| former_callsigns = WSTL (1966–1986)
WKXF (1986–1990)
WXLN (1990–1991)
WKXF (1991–2002)
WTSZ (2002–2012)
WLUE (2012–2013)
WLRS (2013–2016)
WLUE (2016–2017)
WKYI (2017–2018)
WBKI (2018)
WKYI (2018–2022)
| affiliations = Compass Media Networks
| owner = New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WLOU, WLRS, WLRT
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/WLOURADIO}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.wlouonline.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WLUE |title=WLUE Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} 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 station signed on the air on {{start date and age|1966|6|1}}. The original call sign was WSTL. The frequency was previously occupied by a defunct radio station, also called WSTL, which broadcast from 1956 until 1962. {{cite thesis |last=Leffingwell |first=Robert Down |date=1983 |title=Causes and Indicators of Commercial AM Radio Station Failure: 1962-1976 |type=Dissertation |section=WSTL |publisher= The Ohio State University |docket= |oclc= |id={{ProQuest|303192463}} |page=547}} On September 17, 1986, the station changed its call letters to WKXF; then on August 1, 1990, to WXLN; then on June 14, 1991, to WKXF; again on January 4, 2002, to WTSZ; on January 20, 2012, to WLUE; on February 6, 2013, to WLRS; and on June 3, 2016, back to WLUE.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=64024&Callsign=WLUE |title=WLUE Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
On September 26, 2011, WTSZ changed its format to news/talk, branded as "NewsTalk 1570", simulcasting WNDA 1570 AM in New Albany, Indiana.
On May 25, 2015, WLRS changed its format to Spanish language contemporary, branded as "La Poderosa" (The Power).
The station changed its call sign to WKYI on December 15, 2017, to WBKI on January 19, 2018, and back to WKYI on February 8, 2018.
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".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171043/my-94-1-launches-with-southern-rock-country-near-louisville/ My 94.1 Launches With Southern Rock/Classic Country Near Louisville] Radioinsight - October 9, 2018
On August 15, 2022, WKYI changed its format from classic country/southern rock to a simulcast of urban oldies-formatted WLOU 1350 AM Louisville under new WLUE call letters.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/238001/wlou-expands-east-of-louisville/ WLOU Expands East of Louisville] Radioinsight - August 15, 2022
Previous logos
References
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External links
{{AM station data|64024|WLUE}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|156171|W231DB}}
- {{FXL|W231DB}}
{{Louisville Radio}}
{{Daytime-only radio stations in Kentucky}}
{{Urban Radio Stations in Kentucky}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1966
Category:1966 establishments in Kentucky
Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Category:Henry County, Kentucky
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