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  • WBKY Interviews
    What was the UK campus like 60 years ago?Casey Goman came to Lexington in the fall of 1943, looked at the Journalism Department and decided UK was for…
  • UK Perspectives: The Story Behind WBKY In Beattyville
    WUKY turns 75 this week. To celebrate the occasion Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and guest host Alan Lytle discuss the origin…
  • Former WUKY/WBKY General Manager Don Wheeler Dies
    Former WUKY General Manager Don Wheeler has passed away after a brief illness. He was 87. Wheeler was general manager of WUKY from 1964 to 1989 when it…
  • Elmer Sulzer's Daughter Marjorie Collier Shares Fond Memories Of WBKY Founder
    92 year old Marjorie Collier is the daughter of WBKY founder Elmer "Bromo" Sulzer. In late November of 2018 WUKY's Alan Lytle traveled to her home in…
  • Ruth Foxx Newborg and Elmer 'Bromo' Sulzer going over plans for the first broadcast over WBKY in Beattyville, Ky.
    Saving Stories remembers WUKY's first broadcast day
    October 17 is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. To mark the station's 85th anniversary, this special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, features an interview with Ruth Foxx Newborg, the first program director of the Beattyville, KY radio station.
  • Radio listening center in Eastern Kentucky
    It was 83 years ago this week: WUKY celebrates another birthday
    October 17 is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. In 2015 to mark the station's 75th anniversary, we produced a special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. By the way the Nunn Center is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2023.
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  • Radio listening center in Eastern Kentucky
    It was 83 years ago today: WUKY celebrates another birthday
    Today is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. In 2015 to mark the station's 75th anniversary, we produced a special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries. By the way the Nunn Center is celebrating it's 50th anniversary in 2023.
  • WUKY's 75th Anniversary Celebration
    On October 17, WUKY marked 75 years on the air with a special presentation at our new studios by NPR founding mother Susan Stamberg, UK Opera director…
  • Casey Russell Interview
    By Tom GodellLexington, KY – Tom Godell talks with Casey Russell about the early days at WBKY.
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