Page updated December 08, 2008
Page updated
December 08, 2008
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102.3 WLRS |
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WLRS Trivia: Louisville's first successful, stand-alone FM station
was WLRS, which signed on in 1964. The calls stood for Louisville Radio
School, and was intended as a training tool for students of the school. 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).
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| WLRS Stationery #1 | WLRS Stationery #2 |
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anything more about this station? Have any WLRS airchecks, photos or
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When former WLRS announcer
Dan Steffen was studying for his FCC First Class License, he made this bookmark from a WLRS rate card to mark his place in the study guide. |
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| Tim Goodwin behind the WLRS RCA console in 1968 | |
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Dan Steffen cues up a record
in the WLRS Control Room circa 1968. Dan says, "It was shot within the first week or so of our move from the South 3rd Street location into our studio in the 800 Building. The studio was still a work in progress, as indicated by the clock, which was brought from the 3rd Street location, but not yet mounted on the wall. |
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Dan Steffen in the WLRS
studio in 1968 with a Turner 510 mic in hand. He's standing below a WLRS poster and in front of a NAB plaque. |
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| A Scottish relative of one of the WLRS poses for a photo in the "air chair" (1968) | |
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The "800 Building" -- which
was home to the WLRS studios for many years -- complete with the WLRS antenna on top |
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Dan Steffen WLRS (1968) #1 8:31 - 5990 KB |
Dan Steffen WLRS (1968) #2 21:36 - 15,191 KB |
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Dan Steffen WLRS
1968 Program Excerpts 3:51 - 2709 KB |
Dan Steffen WLRS (1969) 4:17 - 3021 KB |
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Bobby Kennedy
Assassination MBS Newscast 24:52 - 8746 KB The edition of Mutual's "The World Today" aired on WLRS on June 5, 1968, the day of the assassination or Robert F. Kennedy, and constituted exclusively of assassination coverage. It's introduced by Dan Steffen, who made the original recording. All commercials played in the newscast are included. |
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WLRS Legal ID (Unknown Date) |
Future Bob (August 1980) 11:48 - 4150 KB |
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Ron Clay & Terry Meiners (September
10, 1982) |
WLRS Sweeper Break (1984) :41 - 481 KB |
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BC (Late
1984) |
Lisa Lyons (February 20, 1985) 14:37 - 10,280 KB |
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Dave
Lee (March 16, 1986) 12:44 - 8959 KB |
Dave
Lee (December 1986) 15:43 - 11,063 KB |
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Brad Hardin (August 4, 1988) 8:29 - 2984 KB |
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WMIX Station Launch (January
1, 1991) 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." |
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Mark Stahr (1991) |
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All audio is in downloadable MP3 format. |
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