- Source: WLRS (AM)
WLRS (1570 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station stunting with a Christmas music radio format. Licensed to New Albany, Indiana, it serves the Louisville metropolitan area. It is owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. and operated by Pure Media Ministries, Inc.
By day, WLRS is powered at 1,500 watts. Because it's on a clear channel frequency, it reduces power to 233 watts at night, to avoid interference with other stations on 1570 AM. WLRS uses a non-directional antenna, its transmitter is on Diamond Place at Potters Lane in Clarksville, Indiana.
History
The station signed on the air on June 15, 1949, with the call letters WLRP. It went through multiple format changes and call signs during its history. This station is where former NPR and Sirius XM host Bob Edwards began his broadcast career in 1968.
In 2008, it became WNDA. On September 26, 2011, WNDA changed its format to talk radio, branded "NewsTalk 1570".
On May 25, 2015, WNDA flipped its format to Spanish contemporary hits, branded "La Poderosa" ("The Powerful One" in Spanish).
On June 3, 2016, WNDA changed its call letters to WLRS.
In July 2024, WLRS came under the control of Thomas Hoyt, who began simulcasting his Pure Radio Christian preaching format on the station, also heard on an FM 92.3 translator in Louisville, Kentucky. On October 1, 2024, WLRS broke off from the Pure Radio simulcast and began stunting with Christmas music. The "92.5 Days of Christmas" format is scheduled to run through the holiday season (thus technically marking the first format flip of the 2024 season) until a new Latino Radio Service (a backronym of its existing call sign) launches on the frequency in January 2025.
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References
External links
Facility details for Facility ID 14553 (WLRS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WLRS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
FM translator
Facility details for Facility ID 203138 (W223DK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W223DK at FCCdata.org