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WLUE (1600 AM, "94.1 & 104.7 WLOU") is a
radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
broadcasting an
urban oldies Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on ...
format. Licensed to
Eminence, Kentucky Eminence is a home rule class city in Henry County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,498 at the 2010 census, up from 2,231 at the 2000 census. Eminence is the largest city in Henry County. Eminence is home to the loudspeake ...
, United States, the station serves the
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, area. The station is currently owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.


History

The station was first licensed for operation on February 24, 1966, under the
call letters In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigne ...
WSTL. On September 17, 1986, the station changed its call sign 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. On September 26, 2011, WTSZ changed its format to news/talk, branded as "NewsTalk 1570" (simulcasting
WNDA WNDA (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format, simulcasting WOGA 92.3 FM Mansfield. Licensed to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States, the station serves the Elmira- Corning area. The station is currently owned by ...
1570 AM New Albany, Indiana). On May 25, 2015, WLRS changed its format to Spanish, branded as "La Poderosa". 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". On August 15, 2022, WKYI changed its format from classic country/southern rock to a simulcast of urban oldies-formatted
WLOU WLOU (1350 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban oldies music format. Licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Louisville, KY-IN market area. Its studios are located west of downtown and the transmitter is ...
1350 AM Louisville under new WLUE call letters.WLOU Expands East of Louisville
Radioinsight - August 15, 2022


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* * LUE (AM) Radio stations established in 1966 1966 establishments in Kentucky
LUE Lue or LUE may refer to: People * Andrew Lue (born 1992), Canadian retired football player * Cachet Lue (born 1997), Canadian-born Jamaican footballer * Lue Gim Gong (1860–1925), Chinese-American horticulturalist * Lee Lue (1935–1969), Laotian ...
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