WLAP
Encyclopedia
WLAP is a radio station
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lexington, Kentucky
, USA, the station serves the Central Kentucky
region. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
of Lexington and features programing from Fox News Radio
.
became involved in amateur radio experiments and operation, and by 1915 had been issued call letters 9-L-K for his wireless transmitting station. Jordan reportedly started broadcasting phonograph records to patients at Waverly Hills Hospital
in 1921. He continued this until September 15, 1922, when he was granted a license, under the call letters of WLAP. The station continued broadcasting in Louisville until December 23, 1933.
After WFIW was relocated from Hopkinsville
to Louisville as WAVE
, Turner C. Rush and Alvin L. Witt of Lexington bought the station and requested permission to relocate it there on January 5, 1934. WLAP went back on the air in Lexington with Program Tests on March 17,
1934.
WLAP aired a Top 40 music format during the 1960s and 1970s and softened to a full-service Adult Contemporary direction by the late 1970s, by which time the Top 40 format had shifted to its sister station WLAP-FM
. It was also the first station in the Lexington area to utilize a generator for emergency broadcasting purposes, which served the station well during the Super Outbreak
of April 3, 1974, when tornado
es disrupted electrical service to much of the state of Kentucky and WLAP was the only radio station in Lexington able to stay on the air thanks to its generator. (1)
WLAP is currently the flagship station of the Big Blue Sports Network
, which carries Kentucky Wildcats
football and basketball, and is also a member of the Cincinnati Bengals
radio network.
Saturdays
Sundays
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
, USA, the station serves the Central Kentucky
Central Kentucky
Central Kentucky is sometimes considered the Central and Southern part of the Bluegrass region, the Far Upper Western Eastern Mountain Coal Fields, and the Far Upper Eastern Pennyroyal regions. Its major cities include Lexington and Frankfort. Lexington citizens, especially radio and TV stations...
region. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
of Lexington and features programing from Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network programmed by Fox News Channel.- History :In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided five minute newscasts at the top...
.
History
About 1912, William V. Jordan of Louisville, KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
became involved in amateur radio experiments and operation, and by 1915 had been issued call letters 9-L-K for his wireless transmitting station. Jordan reportedly started broadcasting phonograph records to patients at Waverly Hills Hospital
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a closed sanatorium located in southwestern Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky. It opened in 1910 as a two-story hospital to accommodate 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis which prompted...
in 1921. He continued this until September 15, 1922, when he was granted a license, under the call letters of WLAP. The station continued broadcasting in Louisville until December 23, 1933.
After WFIW was relocated from Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :...
to Louisville as WAVE
WGTK
WGTK is a News/Talk radio formatted radio station in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. It is currently owned by Salem Communications. It was once WAVE-AM, the sister station of WAVE 3 television, and later, WLKY 's sister operation.It is an affiliate for Bill Bennett, Mike Gallagher,...
, Turner C. Rush and Alvin L. Witt of Lexington bought the station and requested permission to relocate it there on January 5, 1934. WLAP went back on the air in Lexington with Program Tests on March 17,
1934.
WLAP aired a Top 40 music format during the 1960s and 1970s and softened to a full-service Adult Contemporary direction by the late 1970s, by which time the Top 40 format had shifted to its sister station WLAP-FM
WMXL
WMXL broadcasts with an ERP of 85,000 watts, with nearly a 100-mile broadcasting radius. The station is heard as far south as London, as far east as Grayson, as far north as Cincinnati and as far west as Louisville...
. It was also the first station in the Lexington area to utilize a generator for emergency broadcasting purposes, which served the station well during the Super Outbreak
Super Outbreak
The Super Outbreak is the second largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the tornado outbreak of April 25–28, 2011...
of April 3, 1974, when tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
es disrupted electrical service to much of the state of Kentucky and WLAP was the only radio station in Lexington able to stay on the air thanks to its generator. (1)
WLAP is currently the flagship station of the Big Blue Sports Network
Big Blue Sports Network
The UK IMG Sports Network, historically known as the Big Blue Sports Network , is the radio and television network of the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's and women's sports teams...
, which carries Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky Wildcats
The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky , a founding member of the Southeastern Conference...
football and basketball, and is also a member of the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
radio network.
Lineup
Weekdays- 12a-5a - Coast to Coast AM
- 5a-9a - The Wall Street Journal This Morning w/ Gordon Deal
- 9a-12p - The Glenn Beck Program
- 12p-3p - The Rush Limbaugh Show
- 3p-6p - The Pulse of Lexington w/ Leland Conway
- 6p-8p - Sports Nightly w/ Dick Gabriel
- 8p-10p - The Schnitt Show
- 10p-12a - Coast to Coast AM
Saturdays
- 12a-5a - Coast to Coast AM
- 5a-12p - Paid Programming
- 12p-3p - The Weekend
- 3p-6p - The Glenn Beck Weekend
- 6p-9p - Handel on the Law
- 9p-12a - Coast to Coast AM
Sundays
- 12a-6a - Coast to Coast AM
- 6a-9a - Paid Programming
- 9a-12p - Sunday Morning Sports Talk w/ Mark Buerger
- 12p-6p - Rush Limbaugh Week in Review
- 6p-7p - The Wall Street Journal This Weekend w/ Gordon Deal
- 7p-9p - Ben Ferguson
- 9p-10p - Public Affairs
- 10p-1a - Bill Cunningham