Here are a couple of significant station anniversaries coming up...
50th anniversary of WLKY: On Sept. 16, 1961, WLKY-TV (analog Ch. 32) commenced regularly-scheduled broadcasting as a primary ABC-TV affiliate. The station shared space with United Electronics Institute (UEI), a technical trade school at 3947 Park Drive in Shively, KY with a co-located tower. WLKY was the first primary Louisville ABC-TV affiiliate since the ill-fated WKLO-TV operation in the spring and early summer of 1953. Since then, stations WAVE (primary NBC-TV) and WHAS-TV (primary CBS-TV) had "cherry-picked" the highest-rated ABC shows as secondary affiliates, often with up to one-week air delays.
WLKY-TV moved to their current location, 1918 Mellwood Ave. in the Clifton neighborhood in 1968. On Sept. 1, 1990, the station switched affiliation to CBS-TV, with ABC moving to WHAS-TV. The 2009 digital transition placed WLKY on its current Channel 26.
60th anniversary of WLOU's switch to Black Radio: On October 21, 1951, after six months off the air to prepare, WLOU-AM (1350 KHz, 1Kw/d then; now 2.2Kw/d, 500w/n) returned to the air as the fifth US radio station with an "All-Negro" music and personality format. The new format was an immediate hit wiith listeners of all races, and led to its purchase by the Rounsaville Radio group-the nation's first chain of R&B-formatted stations-in 1953. With only a brief break in late 1995, the station has been either Black/Urban or Black Gospel ever since.
50th anniversary of WLKY: On Sept. 16, 1961, WLKY-TV (analog Ch. 32) commenced regularly-scheduled broadcasting as a primary ABC-TV affiliate. The station shared space with United Electronics Institute (UEI), a technical trade school at 3947 Park Drive in Shively, KY with a co-located tower. WLKY was the first primary Louisville ABC-TV affiiliate since the ill-fated WKLO-TV operation in the spring and early summer of 1953. Since then, stations WAVE (primary NBC-TV) and WHAS-TV (primary CBS-TV) had "cherry-picked" the highest-rated ABC shows as secondary affiliates, often with up to one-week air delays.
WLKY-TV moved to their current location, 1918 Mellwood Ave. in the Clifton neighborhood in 1968. On Sept. 1, 1990, the station switched affiliation to CBS-TV, with ABC moving to WHAS-TV. The 2009 digital transition placed WLKY on its current Channel 26.
60th anniversary of WLOU's switch to Black Radio: On October 21, 1951, after six months off the air to prepare, WLOU-AM (1350 KHz, 1Kw/d then; now 2.2Kw/d, 500w/n) returned to the air as the fifth US radio station with an "All-Negro" music and personality format. The new format was an immediate hit wiith listeners of all races, and led to its purchase by the Rounsaville Radio group-the nation's first chain of R&B-formatted stations-in 1953. With only a brief break in late 1995, the station has been either Black/Urban or Black Gospel ever since.
