WLRU-LP (106.9
FM) is a non-commercial
low-power FM broadcasting station in
Hillsboro, Ohio airing
Catholic
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programming. Local Masses, recitation of the Holy Rosary and related programming is broadcast live fro
St. Mary Catholic Churchin Hillsboro in addition to
polka music and network programming (in audio portion) provided by
CatholicTV Network.
Father Mike Paraniuk is the founder and program director and is the host of the weekly polka program. Fr. Paraniuk is of Polish descent and heritage and has previously did on-air work a
WOBO-FM in Batavia from 1982 until 2005
LaRue Turner, previously an engineer and co-owner at the former
WELX in Xenia (no
WGNZ in Fairborn is the consulting engineer who was at first the inspiration for the callsign.
According to
Highland County Press newspaper article dated December 18,2014WLRU was scheduled to come on the air on December 23, 2014 beginning with the initial airing of
Christmas music. The new LPFM followed through on its promise on that date.
The station was profiled in the March 2015 edition of ''
The Catholic Telegraph'', the official newspaper of the
Cincinnati Archdiocese.
External links
Catholic Telegraph story of WLRU's on-air debut*
WLRU information from REC Networks site
{{Religious Radio Stations in Ohio
Catholic radio stations
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Highland County, Ohio
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