WLOU is a radio station

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 Gospel music

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

 format. Licensed to Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, 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...

, USA, the station serves the greater Louisville area. The station is currently owned by Davidson Media and the license is held by Davidson Media Station WLOU Licensee, LLC.

WLOU is the heritage African-American oriented station in Louisville, programming to that community continuously since 1951. The station featured a popular R&B format for decades.