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Broadcast area | Louisville, Kentucky |
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Frequency | 1570 kHz |
Branding | La Poderosa |
Programming | |
Format | Spanish |
Ownership | |
Owner | New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
WLUE, WLRT | |
History | |
First air date | June 15, 1949 (as WLRP) |
Former call signs | WLRP WOWI WHEL (1949–1978) WOBS (1978–1992) WZCC (1992–1995) WXLN (1995–2003) WLBJ (2003–2005) WWSZ (2005–2008) WNDA (2008–2016) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 14553 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,500 watts day 233 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°19′40.00″N 85°46′56.00″W / 38.3277778°N 85.7822222°W |
Translator(s) | 92.5 MHz W223DK (Louisville) 101.9 MHz (W270CR) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | poderky |
WLRS (1570 AM, "La Poderosa") is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish music format.[2] Licensed to New Albany, Indiana, United States. Currently owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.[3]
This station is where former NPR news host and current Sirius XM/PRI talk host Bob Edwards began his broadcast career in 1968.[4][5]
On September 26, 2011, WNDA changed their format to news/talk, branded as "NewsTalk 1570".
On May 25, 2015, WNDA changed their format to Spanish, branded as "La Poderosa" ("The Powerful One" in Spanish).
On June 3, 2016, WNDA changed their call letters to WLRS.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLRS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ "WLRS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ University Of Louisville Retrieved 2010-12-22
- ^ Bob Edwards blog Retrieved 2010-12-22
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 14553 (WLRS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLRS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 203138 (W223DK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Facility details for Facility ID 91679 (W270CR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System