WVEZ
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°22′19.00″N 85°49′33.00″W / 38.3719444°N 85.8258333°W |
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Translator(s) | HD2: 92.3 W222CD (Elizabethtown) |
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Webcast | Listen live Listen live (HD2) |
Website | mix1069 pureradio |
WVEZ (106.9
History
The station signed on the air in April 1967 as WKRX in Louisville, airing the
The station continued to play the Schulke format until 1984, but remained Beautiful Music until 1986. In April 1986, the station switched to a satellite-delivered
WVEZ's call letters were changed to WVEZ-FM in 1988. Its AM sister station at 790 kHz, now WKRD, changed its call sign to WVEZ. 106.9 remained WVEZ-FM until December 7, 1999.[6]
WVEZ began a tradition in 1999 in which it flipped to exclusively Christmas music during the holiday season. The tradition continues to this day.[7]
On July 20, 2012, Cox Radio, Inc. announced the sale of WVEZ and 22 other stations to SummitMedia LLC for $66.25 million. The sale was consummated on May 3, 2013.[8][9] SummitMedia moved WVEZ's city of license from Louisville to St. Matthews, Kentucky, although the studios and transmitter remained in place.
On January 4, 2016, WVEZ rebranded from "Lite 106.9" to "106.9 Play."[10]
On October 5, 2020, WVEZ flipped to Christmas music. While WVEZ has typically been one of the nation's earliest flippers (occasionally flipping in late October), the unusually early change to Christmas music is in part to provide a diversion during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. WVEZ was the third station to change that year, with two other early changing stations also citing COVID-19 for the exceptionally early holiday music.[11]
At midnight on March 8, 2021, WVEZ shifted to
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References
- ^ "WVEZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "HD Radio Station Guide". HD Radio. iBiquity.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-84
- ^ "Welcome to LKYRadio - Classic Louisville, Kentucky Radio - WVEZ Page". lkyradio.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-230
- ^ "WVEZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Louisville radio station playing holiday music now through Christmas night". Wave 3 News. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "Cox Puts Clusters Up For Sale". RadioInsight. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Cox Sells Stations In Six Markets To Two Groups". RadioInsight. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Play Time In Louisville". RadioInsight. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "WVEZ Louisville Makes Early Move to Christmas Music".
- ^ "SummitMedia Mixes Up Louisville". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-03-08.