Interview with Liz Caras, June 25, 2009
Project: History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project
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In this interview, Caras talks about her involvement in the Kentucky Kernel and her contribution to the creation of WRFL. She begins by talking about how she came to the University of Kentucky and how she started working at the Kentucky Kernel. She talks about the different student organizations at the University of Kentucky, the people who helped make them work, and their interconnections. Finally, she talks about Kakie Urch, the article that Kakie wrote calling for a student-run radio station, and the impact the article had on the radio station's creation.Interview Accession
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Caras, Liz Interview by Mick Jeffries. 25 Jun. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Caras, L. (2009, June 25). Interview by M. Jeffries. History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Caras, Liz, interview by Mick Jeffries. June 25, 2009, History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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