en WLUE (AM)

WLUE
Simulcasting WLOU Louisville
Eminence, Kentucky;
Broadcast area	Louisville metropolitan area
Frequency	1600 kHz
Branding	104.7 Jamz
Programming
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Sister stations	WLOU, WLRS, WLRT
History
First air date	June 1, 1966; 58 years ago
Former call signs	WSTL (1966–1986); WKXF (1986–1990); WXLN (1990–1991); WKXF (1991–2002); WTSZ (2002–2012); WLUE (2012–2013); WLRS (2013–2016); WLUE (2016–2017); WKYI (2017–2018); WBKI (2018); WKYI (2018–2022)
Call sign meaning	W LoUisvillE (broadcast area, also similar to sister station WLOU)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64024
Class	D
Power	320 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates	38°21′9.00″N 85°11′9.00″W / 38.3525000°N 85.1858333°W
Translator(s)	94.1 W231DB (La Grange)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wlouonline.com

WLUE (1600 AM) is a commercial radio station airing an urban adult contemporary format, with urban gospel music on Sunday mornings. Licensed to Eminence, Kentucky, it simulcasts with sister station 1350 WLOU in Louisville.^[2] They are owned by New Albany Broadcasting, with studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, west of downtown. WLOU and WLUE target the African American community in the Louisville metropolitan area, which includes parts of Kentucky and Indiana. The Louisville radio market has approximately 200,000 African-American residents, about 16% of the population.

WLUE is a daytimer station. By day, WLUE is powered at 320 watts. To protect other stations on 1600 AM from interference, at night it must sign off the air. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W231DB in La Grange at 94.1 MHz.

History

The station signed on the air on June 1, 1966; 58 years ago (1966-06-01). The original call sign was WSTL. On September 17, 1986, the station changed its call letters to WKXF; then on August 1, 1990, to WXLN; then on June 14, 1991, to WKXF; again on January 4, 2002, to WTSZ; on January 20, 2012, to WLUE; on February 6, 2013, to WLRS; and on June 3, 2016, back to WLUE.^[3]

On September 26, 2011, WTSZ changed its format to news/talk, branded as "NewsTalk 1570", simulcasting WNDA 1570 AM in New Albany, Indiana.

On May 25, 2015, WLRS changed its format to Spanish language contemporary, branded as "La Poderosa" (The Power).

The station changed its call sign to WKYI on December 15, 2017, to WBKI on January 19, 2018, and back to WKYI on February 8, 2018.^[3]

On October 9, 2018, WKYI split from its simulcast with WLRS and switched to a southern rock and classic country format branded as "My 94.1".^[4]

On August 15, 2022, WKYI changed its format from classic country/southern rock to a simulcast of urban oldies-formatted WLOU 1350 AM Louisville under new WLUE call letters.^[5]