102.3 WLRS

In the late-60s, Clarence Henson agreed to sell WLRS to WAKY. However, the deal fell apart when the six-month deadline to complete the transaction wasn't met.

In 1970 WLRS was one of only nine stand-alone FM stations in Kentucky.

WLRS topped Louisville's Arbitron ratings in 1978.

In 1981 WLRS became the sister station of WAVG (formerly WAVE).

WLRS Pepsi Pumper

Ron Clay and Terry Meiners exit the 800 Building with doorman Sam Grandison (1982)

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WLRS Airchecks

WLRS Legal ID (Unknown Date)
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Ron Clay & Terry Meiners (September 10, 1982)
12:07 - 4263 KB

BC (Late 1984)
5:47 - 2039 KB

WMIX Station Launch (January 1, 1991)
10:14 - 7205 KB

It sounds like WLRS had a call letter change when they flipped from rock to an adult contemporary format on New Year's Day 1991, but the call letters were still officially WLRS when legal IDs were given. The real WMIX got a little upset when they found out another station was using their call letters. Mark Stahr, who was at WLRS at the time says, "We later received a call from some official that said if we don't stop using WMIX that we would get a C&D [Cease & Desist order]. The call letters were from somewhere in Michigan I believe. I don't think we ever received a C&D but I know I had to spend the entire weekend editing and changing all the station imaging. The dropping of WMIX happened around May or June of 1991. I was the acting PD that weekend while Peter Smith was out of town. The legal call letters were always WLRS."  

Mark Stahr (1991)
7:00 - 4925 KB

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