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Joe Elliott (Mid-1980s) |
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Mark Strauss (1987) |
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These block letters were mounted over WAKY's showcase studio on 4th Street
and are in the possession of former WAKY PD Mark Strauss who
writes: "I do not know what year they were hung, but they remained until
1987. (For the life of me, I do not know why I've carried them around
these past 18 years.)" Hang on to them Mark! |
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The entrance of
WAKY as it looked in November of 1969 |
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This picture of the WAKY studios was shot
around 1974 by
WKLO DJ Ron Lake who, along with WKLO's Bob Cline and two female
companions (pictured) were on their way to visit WAKY's Chuck Jackson. |
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This exterior photo of the WAKY studios was
shot by Bobby Ellis in 1982, a short time before the sign was
updated with the combined WAKY-WVEZ logos. Notice Vine Records to
the left. |
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Outside the WAKY-WVEZ studios in 1982 |
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This picture and the four below it are
from WAKY's last night in 1986.
L-R: Johnny Randolph, Tom Hardin, Joe Elliott and Gary Clark |
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Alan White and Johnny Randolph
Joe Elliott writes: "Alan was our production guy for both WAKY and
WVEZ. I don't think he
ever jocked on WAKY, but he was the voice of Beautiful 790 when the
format was changed.
He's a great guy and still lives in Louisville."
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Joe Elliott and Johnny Randolph's back |
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Johnny Randolph |
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Johnny Randolph, Gary Clark and Joe
Elliott |
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This is the "WAKY Building" as it looks in 2005. According to WRKA's Gary
Clark (who shot this photo and the one below), the nail salon only
occupies a small part of the front of the building. |
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The back of the building that once hosted the Super 79, as it looked in
March of 2005. |
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The 790 frequency in Louisville is now
being occupied by Clear Channel sports station
WKRD.
Here's a July 2005 photo of the 790 AM control room with Program Director
Jim Fenn. |
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Mike Griffin, Mason Lee Dixon and
WKLO's Allen Bryan after WFPL's 7/7/2006 "State of Affairs" show |
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On July 7, 2006 Mason Lee Dixon
returned to "the scene of the crime" -- the former
WAKY studio location. You can see photographer Mike Griffin's
reflection in the window. |
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Len King provides the caption for this
one: "Gary Burbank, Len King & Marty Bass stand aimlessly where the
WAKY control room once was on the River City Mall. On the back wall
is the original sound-proof window that separated the control and
news rooms. Today, the shop is a nail salon where people are fed
tiny twigs of scotch-worm while their nails are brushed, polished
and hammered." |
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Bob Moody and Gary Burbank on vacation
in England in June, 2006.
Bob writes: "Gary
and I have, of course, overseen Stonehenge since its inception." |
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WAKY 103.5's Program Director Les Cook
along with former WAKY 790
Program Director Johnny Randolph on the new WAKY's first day (May
11, 2007). |
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Johnny Randolph in the control room of
the new WAKY on May 11, 2007. |
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The building where the new WAKY
resides |
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Here's a 2007 shot of Daniel "Cheddar"
Yount in the control room of Clear Channel's
sports station
WKRD, which controls the 790 AM frequency in Louisville. |
