WGHL (105.1

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) is a

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FM radio station

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, and broadcasting to the

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. It airs an

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and it is owned by

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. It carries the

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''Woody Show'' in morning

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from

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Los Angeles. WGHL's studios are on Shelbyville Road in

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. WGHL has an

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(ERP) of 1,900 watts. The

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is on Top Hill Road in the

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in Fairdale.

History

The station

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the air in 1993 as WEHR, with a

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format. After being

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for two months, and being sold to new owners, WEHR flipped to

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as WXLN in June 1996. In February 2000, after being purchased by Blue Chip Broadcasting, and a brief stunt of a loop of "

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" by

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, the station switched to

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as "LRS 105", WLRS. This

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was formerly found on 102.3 FM, now

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, from 1964 until 1999. On July 15, 2009, WLRS changed formats to

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and featured '' Mancow's Morning Madhouse'' radio show in morning

. On November 1, 2012, WLRS dropped its hot talk format and began playing

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. It was branded as "Christmas 105.1". On Christmas Eve 2012, WLRS flipped to a

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and

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format. On January 30, 2013, WLRS changed its call letters to WESI, calling itself "Easy Rock 105.1". On October 13, 2014, WESI flipped to classic hits as ''The New 105.1 GHL-FM, Louisville's Greatest Hits''. The call sign was changed to WGHL (for Greatest Hits Louisville) on October 16, 2014. On January 30, 2015, WGHL changed formats again. This time it flipped to

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, branded as "Old School 105.1". On September 6, 2016, WGHL rebranded as "G105.1". On August 31, 2018, WGHL changed its format to

, branded as "Alt 105.1".Alpha Media Launches Alt 105.1 Louisville
Radioinsight - August 31, 2018

References

External links

Official Website
* {{Alpha Media ESI Radio stations established in 1992 Alpha Media radio stations Alternative rock radio stations in the United States Modern rock radio stations in the United States 1992 establishments in Kentucky Bullitt County, Kentucky