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The Essentials

Call Letters: WLRS
Frequency: 1570am
City of License: New Albany
Metro(s): Louisville, Kentucky
Power: 1500 watts - Day, 233 watts - Night (ND) (Class B)
Format: Regional Mexican
Address: P.O. Box 2623, Clarksville, IN 47131-2623
Address: P.O. Box 2344, Louisville, KY 40201-2344
Address: 220 Potters Lane, Clarksville, IN 47129-1020
Phone: 812.949.1570
Ownership: New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Web Presence: http://coronaspanishmedia.com
Notes: Also heard on translator W270CR

Station Personnel

Current

Former

WLRP(AM)

President/GM: Roy L. Hickox
Chief Engineer: Robert Parmenter

WHEL(AM)

GM: Grady A. Sanders
Chief Engineer: Peter L.C. Boyce
OM: Terry Garretson
PD: Bob Lewis
News Director: Julian Mouton
News Director: Phil Downs
Promotions Director: Terry Garretson

WOBS(AM)

Salesperson: Argie Dale (Now GM at WLLV and WLOU in Louisville, Kentucky)

WZCC(AM)

WXLN(AM)

GM/SM/PD: George Zarris
GM: Vivien Ogburn
GSM: Olympus Zarris
MD: Don Schmitt
Middays: Diane Williamson

WLBJ(AM)

Owner: Scott Thompson
GM: Vivien Ogburn
GSM: Olympus Zarris
MD: Don Schmitt

WWSZ(AM)

Owner: Scott Thompson
GM: Vivien Ogburn
GSM: Olympus Zarris
MD: Don Schmitt
Afternoons: Scott Thompson ("SportsZone SportsDrive") (4pm - 6pm)

WNDA(AM)

VP/Co-Owner: David B. Smith, Sr.
Station Manager: Craig Hoffman
GSM: Fred North
OM: Rocky Knight
PD: Jason Knear
News Director: Ashley Robinson
News Director: Craig Hoffman
Mornings: America in the Morning (6:00am - 7:00am)
Mornings: First Light (7:00am - 8:00am)
Mornings: Rocky Knight (8:00am - 9:00am)
Mid-Mornings: Glenn Beck (9:00am - 12:00pm)
Late Mornings: Laura Ingraham (9:00am - 12:00pm)
Early Afternoons: Dennis Miller (12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Early Afternoons: Clark Howard (1:00pm - 3:00pm)
Early Afternoons: Fred Thompson (12:00pm - 2:00pm)
Early Afternoons: Bill O'Reilly (12:00pm - 2:00pm)
Afternoons: Afternoon Sports with Bob Domine (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
Afternoons: WHAS 11 News (4:00pm - 6:00pm)
Afterrnoons: Bob Domine ("Afternoon Sports with Bob Domine") (3:00pm - 4:00pm)
Nights: Dennis Miller (6:00pm - 8:00pm)
Nights: Michael Savage (8:00pm - 10:00pm)
Nights: John Batchelor (10:00pm - 12:00am)
Nights: The Best of The Phil Valentine Show (12:00am - 1:00am)
Late Nights: Neal Boortz (10:00pm - 1:00am)
Overnights: Red Eye Radio Network (1:00am - 5:00am)
Overnights: David Stein (1:00am - 6:00am)
Weekends: Gun Talk (Saturday 6:00am - 7:00am)
Weekends: WHAS 11 News (Saturday 7:00am - 8:00am)
Weekends: Open House with Chris Fox (Saturday 8:00am - 9:00am)
Weekends: Ken Patterson ("Ken the Contractor") (Saturday 8:00am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Workers Voice (Saturday 9:00am - 11:00am)
Weekends: Painless Living (Saturday 11:00am - 12:00pm)
Weekends: Matt Dicken ("The Matt Dicken Show") (Saturday 11:00am - 12:00pm)
Weekends: The Racing Rundown (Saturday 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Weekends: The Best of The Clark Howard Show (Saturday 1:00pm - 3:00pm)
Weekends: The Best of The Laura Ingraham Show (Saturday 3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Weekends: The Best of The Phil Valentine Show (Saturday 6:00pm - 12:00am)
Weekends: The John Batchelor Show (Saturday 12:00am - 1:00am)
Weekends: Red Eye Radio Network (Saturday 1:00am - 5:00am)
Weekends: WHAS 11 News (Sunday 6:00am - 7:00am)
Weekends: Viewpoints (Sunday 7:30am - 8:00am)
Weekends: Radio Health Journal (Sunday 8:00am - 8:30am)
Weekends: Grace Lutheran (Sunday 8:30am - 9:00am)
Weekends: Legends of Success with John Resnick (Sunday 9:00am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Our Savior Lutheran (Sunday 10:00am - 11:00am)
Weekends: Take Your Health to Heart (Sunday 11:00am - 12:00pm)
Weekends: Best of The Clark Howard Show (Sunday 12:00pm - 3:00pm)
Weekends: Best of The Laura Ingraham Show (Sunday 3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Weekends: Gun Talk (Sunday 6:00pm - 8:00pm)
Weekends: The Best of The Phil Valentine Show (Sunday 8:00pm - 1:00am)

WLRS(AM)

Station History

1570am signed on June 15, 1949.

WLRP(AM)

Owned by Ohio Valley Broadcasting Co. Studios located at 1216 Slate Run Road., New Albany, IN. 1000 watts - Daytime only.

WHEL(AM)

Owned by Shell Broadcasting Corp.

WOBS(AM)

Studios located at 220 Potters Lane, Clarksville, IN 47129-1012.

WZCC(AM)

WXLN(AM)

Cross Country Communications, Inc. sold WXLN to Mortenson Broadcasting in April 2001 for $600,000. Studios located at 220 Potters Lane, Clarksville, IN 47129-1012. Studios then located at 2001 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203-3595 (Telephone: 502.778.9956). In November 2003, WXLN switched formats from Southern Gospel to Blues/Jazz and changed calls to WLBJ.

WLBJ(AM)

Studios located at 2001 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203-3595 (Telephone: 502.778.9956). In December 2004, Mortenson Broadcasting sold WLBJ to New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. and subsequently changed formats from blues and jazz to sports. WLBJ then became WWSZ.

WWSZ(AM)

Owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. with studios located at 220 Potters Lane, Clarksville, IN 47129-1020 (Telephone: 812.949.1570). WWSZ's URL was http://www.1570thezone.com. WTSZ (1600am), licensed to Eminence, Kentucky simulcast WWSZ. On Monday June 2, 2008, WWSZ changed format from Sports to News/Talk as "Indiana 1570."

WNDA(AM)

On Monday June 2, 2008, the station changed format from Sports to Talk as "Indiana 1570." Their website was www.newstalk1570.com. Flipped formats again from Talk to Oldies in 2009.

WLRS(AM)

Regional Mexican format.

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