WHAS (AM)

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WHAS-AM
City of license	Louisville, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Louisville, Kentucky
Branding	84 WHAS
Slogan	Depend On It
First air date	July 18, 1922
Frequency	840 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	50kW
Callsign meaning	We Have A Signal (a backronym, as the call was randomly assigned by the FCC)
Owner	Clear Channel
Website	WHAS.com

WHAS Radio is an AM radio station broadcasting in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a 50 kW clear channel radio station assigned to frequency 840 kHz. (It was originally assigned the frequency of 350 kHz.) With clear channel status, its nighttime signal can be heard in most of the continental U.S., and even in other countries at times.

It first broadcast was on July 18, 1922. On May 30, 1925, the first broadcast of the Kentucky Derby was done. During the 1937 Flood the station aired 115,000 messages. On March 29, 1941 the station move to its current frequency of 840 AM. On March 30, 1970 WHAS began 24-hour operation.

WHAS operates as "84 WHAS." In 2006 the station started broadcasting in the new High Definition radio format.

The station was originally part of the local media empire ruled by the family Barry Bingham, Sr. It is the flagship radio station of the annual WHAS Crusade for Children telethon.

WHAS was the first station to broadcast the call of the Kentucky Derby live, using an announcer who watched from the windows of one of the famous twin spires of Churchill Downs.

WHAS is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.

[edit] Personalities

Current weekday line-up

Midnight - 5:00 a.m.: Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
5:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Tony Cruise and the Morning Team
9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: The Francene Show
11:45 a.m. - Noon: Paul Harvey
Noon - 3:00 p.m.: The Rush Limbaugh Show
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Terry Meiners and Company
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: SportsTalk 84 with Lachlan McLean
9:00 p.m. - Midnight: The Joe Elliot Show

Former personalities

Foster Brooks
Bill Cody
Joe Donovan [1]
Jack Fox [2]
Steve Kirkland [3]
Cawood Ledford
Doug McElvein (Moved to KMOX in St. Louis in 1993. Host of Total Information AM)
Milton Metz
Jane Norris
Wayne Perkey
Bob Sokoler
Van Vance
John Ziegler