WKRD gets aloha'ed from Clear channel Louisville

[oxford777]

How's this...Clear Channel sells WKRD-AM to WAKY-FM's owners, who change the calls to WAKY-AM, simulcast the Oldies (and keep the Louisville Bats and U Of L major sports) on 790. WAKY's back on 790!!

How's THIS!!!!!!!!!!! Clear Channel sells WKRD-FM to WAKY-FM's owners, so the 103.5 signal---weak to the north and east of the metro---is supplemented by 101.7...........especially to the east.

 

[kentuckymedia]

Its possible, do you think he would want to spend that kind of money?

 

[JohnQuincy]

Just think...if Bill Walters and company were to buy 790 and return WAKY to its "rightful place" (while still simulcasting on FM) he can use ALL of the old WAKY jingles from PAMS, JAM, etc.

No longer will his programming staff have to cut out the "79" and "790" from those classic cuts.

 

[The King Bee]

Oxford, I live in the heart of Downtown Louisville, and 101.7 doesn't do a thing for us here. It gets swamped by all but the most selective receivers. That weak signal is one of the reasons they lost the Cincinnati Reds' network. AM 790 would be much more effective for the overall market.

Ah, to hear PAMS Series 27 "Jet Set" jingles as originally done in '63..."Seven Ninety-W-A-K-Y!"

 

[radiorob2.0]

Just think...if Bill Walters and company were to buy 790 and return WAKY to its "rightful place" (while still simulcasting on FM) he can use ALL of the old WAKY jingles from PAMS, JAM, etc.

No longer will his programming staff have to cut out the "79" and "790" from those classic cuts.

The best part of the return of WAKY on 790 would be the processing potential at the hands of Johnny Randolph.

 

[oxford777]

Oxford, I live in the heart of Downtown Louisville, and 101.7 doesn't do a thing for us here. It gets swamped by all but the most selective receivers. That weak signal is one of the reasons they lost the Cincinnati Reds' network. AM 790 would be much more effective for the overall market.

Ah, to hear PAMS Series 27 "Jet Set" jingles as originally done in '63..."Seven Ninety-W-A-K-Y!"

But it sure booms into Shelbyville!!!!

Hey guys, I go back to the mid 60's with 790/WAKY. Either 790 am or 101.7 fm gets to me better than 103.5. We couldn't get 790 at night in Lexington back in the day, and it does "sort of/kind of" dribble into Shelby County at night with a good receiver.

My first argument for 101.7 was based on the belief that there "ain't no way" music is going back on 790 am. But, given the heritage of the frequency, the current efforts on to duplicate that on 103.5, the demise of WRKA, and the online interest in John Quincy's site.........you know it just might work. Wonder if MLD would be available to voice the "Giant Aquarian Weekends"?

 

[skippertthomas]

Just a note.. WAKY's signal in all basic directions of populations was superior to the ol' 1080/'KLO's highly null to the north and west.. We could get WAKY in the daytime in Evansville!! That's how I got hooked, listening on a portable counter top GE AM/FM tuner in our house... When I grew up 25 out of Evansville to the north and slightly east (Oakland City, Indiana), I could get in the daytime hours: 1330/WJPS-Evansville(our local that went directional away from us at night), 630/KXOK-St.Louis, 950/WXLW-Indy, 700/WLW (who was between early AC and light Top-40 in those days), 1070/WIBC (same programming state as WLW), and most days 890/WLS-Chicago... At night the 'skywave' really opened up! We got:
890/WLS-Chicago, 1000/WCFL-Chicago, 1200/WOAI-SanAntonio (light version of Top-40), 1510/WLAS-Nashville, 770/WABC-NewYork, and in the summer we got 1090/KAAY and 1520/KOMA for about 30 to 45 after dusk, before they switched to their figure '8' lobes (two big ones to the north and south and two small local lobes to the east and west of their towers)....I do remember getting 660/WNBC on some nights, but 670/WMAQ running light Top-40 bleed them out from Chicago.... Some "DX" came in at times from: 15/'KBW in Buffalo, and I go 640/KFI out of LA one late night for about 50 minutes and got a nice "DX" card on it... We also had 1100/WKYC out of Cleveland blowing smoke until they went to Three'W-E' (WWWE)....Also remember getting 610 out of KC some early evenings in the summer.. And some rare late night 800/CKLW bits from Windsor/Detroit..

 

[kyscott]

Just a note.. WAKY's signal in all basic directions of populations was superior to the ol' 1080/'KLO's highly null to the north and west..

You mean except 790's null to the north and south? 1080 can be heard in southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee during the day. I can hear 1080 in Corbin and Danville during the day.

Neither station was really superior to the other when you look at where the signal goes. They both pretty much even out. However they do both cover where it counts, and that's over Louisville both day and night.

 

[skippertthomas]

...Yes, I do remember that 'null of Waky' going down I-65 towards "Shel-ba-vull"....But, I also remember 'KLO getting 'socked' by WIBC, as close as Austin, Sellersburg and Salem, on dad's nice Philco Tubed Tuner, in the Ford.....And going west into Corydon and Levenworth, was a nightmare for 1080, but there were alot more squirrils, bears, snakes and trees in those parts...

 

[radiorob2.0]

Just a note.. WAKY's signal in all basic directions of populations was superior to the ol' 1080/'KLO's highly null to the north and west..

You mean except 790's null to the north and south? 1080 can be heard in southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee during the day. I can hear 1080 in Corbin and Danville during the day.

Neither station was really superior to the other when you look at where the signal goes. They both pretty much even out. However they do both cover where it counts, and that's over Louisville both day and night.

790's signal during the day is strong going down the Mountain Parkway to about Campton (65 miles south east of Lex) then the signal is eaten up by the thicker mountains.

 

[greg.hahn]

...Yes, I do remember that 'null of Waky' going down I-65 towards "Shel-ba-vull"....But, I also remember 'KLO getting 'socked' by WIBC, as close as Austin, Sellersburg and Salem, on dad's nice Philco Tubed Tuner, in the Ford.....And going west into Corydon and Levenworth, was a nightmare for 1080, but there were alot more squirrils, bears, snakes and trees in those parts...

I grew up in Scottsburg in the 60s and 70s during the heydey of the battles between WAKY and WKLO, and for us it wasn't a contest. Most Scottsburg kids I know of didn't know KLO existed, because you couldn't get it there, day or night. So the memory of WIBC cutting in to WKLO at Austin must be a little off. Sellersburg probably true.

WAKY went away for us at sunset. But it came in great during the day.

 

[radiorob2.0]

During the WAKY era, 790 would show up the Lexington ratings and actually competed for the top position during the daytime hours. Once FM arrived with Double Q and 94 and a half, WAKY's ratings faded. As late as Spring 84, WAKY had a 1.7/12 plus with live oldies. The spring 84 book was nice for WAKY for Men 18 plus with a 3.2/mornings. 5.3/middays, and a 6.1/afternoons. A year later, 790 disappeared from the Lexington ratings.

 

[The King Bee]

I remember when WAKY 790 played announcements at radio sunrise and sunset intended for fringe/distant listeners.

The announcements welcomed listeners in at sunrise (power increase and pattern change) and bidding them good evening (power decrease and pattern change).

 

[50000watts]

Is 101.7 Shelbyville sold? If so, anyone know who bought it? If not, anyone know who might be interested in buying it? Love reading the scenarios in the above posts.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Im much to young to remember the days of WAKY and WKLO, but both my Mom and DAD who grew up in Bedford Indiana, About 70 miles north west of Louisville greatly remembers listening to WAKY during that time. They had older primitive radios at the time and my Dad remembers having to crank the volume all the way up and put his ear up next to the speaker to listen to WAKY during nights,, during the day was no problem, he said all the kids listened to WAKy back then and cranked it out of their car radios... My dad had never heard of WKLO 1080,, so I guess they didnt make it that far north... He also listened to WLS 890 back then, which oddly enough came in better than WAKy at times,, I guess alot of kids across the midwest listened to WLS back then,,, WLS signal isnt anything like it used to be, or else AM radios are just made alot cheaper now days...

 

[greg.hahn]

Im much to young to remember the days of WAKY and WKLO, but both my Mom and DAD who grew up in Bedford Indiana, About 70 miles north west of Louisville greatly remembers listening to WAKY during that time. They had older primitive radios at the time and my Dad remembers having to crank the volume all the way up and put his ear up next to the speaker to listen to WAKY during nights,, during the day was no problem, he said all the kids listened to WAKy back then and cranked it out of their car radios... My dad had never heard of WKLO 1080,, so I guess they didnt make it that far north... He also listened to WLS 890 back then, which oddly enough came in better than WAKy at times,, I guess alot of kids across the midwest listened to WLS back then,,, WLS signal isnt anything like it used to be, or else AM radios are just made alot cheaper now days...

I think it's the radios, they are a lot worse than they used to be. Even so, back then you never really knew if you would receive WLS at night. You usually did, but you might be listening to it and it would just go away. Then come back a little while later. Same with WCFL. And CKLW. All great stations that we would listen to in Scottsburg when you could no longer get WAKY.

(Maybe if you turned your radio up all the way and put your ear next to the speaker? I can't say I ever tried that.)

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Maybe thats why my dad is 80 percent deaf in one ear..... Anyway, I think I would have enjoyed the days of DXing AM music stations, however, by the time I started listening to radio, Mid to Late 80s, there wasnt much if any music on AM. Now days I can listen to virtually any radio station in the world as clear as a bell with the click of a mouse, but it just isnt the same as hearing the over the air broadcast signal coming from hundreds , sometimes thousands of miles away.