This is the WHAS History section of
The Broadcast Archive
Maintained by: Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 3/2/08
WHAS, Louisville, KY
Station Tour
| logo here | Licensed: July 13, 1922 First Broadcast: July 18, 1922 |
WHAS has a long history in western Kentucky, and all through the mid-South. From Louisville, the 7XX foot tower sends out the 50 kW non-directional signal that characterized the old Class 1-A stations. WHAS is housed some 25 miles ENE of Louisville in a typical transmitter building of the 1940s.
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| The original tower was a Blaw-Knox "diamond" style. |
| During the floods of 19xx, WHAS stayed on the air and helped people with timely news and advice. | |
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In 197x, this transmitter was installed. |
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| In 197x, a Continental 317-C was installed. It was the main transmitter through 2005. |
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In April 1985, a storm dropped the Blaw-Knox tower. It was replaced with a standard vertical tower, which is standing today. |
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