WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' Celebrates the Station's 75th Anniversary

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 16, 2015) — WUKY's "UK Perspectives" focuses on the people and programs of the University of Kentucky and is hosted by WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.  Filling in as host this week is WUKY News Director Alan Lytle. With WUKY celebrating its 75th anniversary, it's time for a special edition of "Saving Stories" with Doug Boyd, director of the Nunn Center for Oral History in UK Libraries.  He's discussing WBKY's (now known as WUKY) first broadcast in Beattyville, Kentucky, on Oct. 17, 1940, and two important people at UK who made it happen.

To listen to the podcast interview from which "UK Perspectives" is produced, visit http://wuky.org/post/uk-perspectives-story-behind-wbky-beattyville.

"UK Perspectives" airs at 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. each Friday on WUKY 91.3, UK's NPR station.