Interview with Kathleen Ruth "Kakie" Urch,
Project: History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project
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In this first interview with Urch, she talks about how the idea of having a student radio station came about and how the WRFL radio station in Lexington became a reality. She talks about her inspiration for starting a student-run radio station and about many of the people who helped that inspiration become a reality. She talks about many of the challenges that the team had to overcome to get WRFL on the air and the experience of seeing WRFL air for the first time.Interview Accession
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