WLYD (93.5
FM) is a
radio station broadcasting a
country music format. Licensed to
Chandler, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by
Midwest Communications, Inc. and features programming from
Westwood One.
History
The then-WJPS-FM broadcast an oldies format until February 2005, when South Central, looking to capitalize on
Regent Broadcasting
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's change of
WYNG 94.9 to Sports Talk under
ESPN Radio
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, converted the station to a country format, and changed the call letters to WLFW.
The staff is Tommy Mason (Morning Show Personality), Kim Kavanaw (Midday Personality), Rusty James (station Program Director and is heard afternoons), and in the evenings the station airs ''CMT Radio Live'' with Cody Alan.
It was announced on May 28, 2014, that
Midwest Communications would purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by
South Central Communications. The purchase included the Evansville Cluster: WLFW, along with Sister Stations
WABX,
WIKY-FM &
WSTO. With this purchase, Midwest Communications would expand its portfolio of stations to
Evansville,
Knoxville and
Nashville
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. The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.
On January 26, 2015, WLFW changed their format to classic country, branded as "93.5 Duke FM".
On October 2, 2018, 93.5 flipped back to country as "93.5 The Lloyd" with new callsign WLYD, the name coming from the Lloyd Expressway which cuts through downtown Evansville and which in turn is named after former Evansville mayor Russell G. Lloyd, Sr.
Duke Drives Off To Make Way For 93.5 The Lloyd In Evansville
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Previous logos
References
External links
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{{Midwest Communications
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* LYD, the abbreviation for a Libyan dinar
* PKP class Lyd2
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Midwest Communications radio stations
Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Indiana
Country radio stations in the United States