Interview with Kathleen Ruth "Kakie" Urch, June 10, 2009
Project: History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, Urch provides more information about her life and about Lexington before WRFL. She talks about moving from Connecticut to Kentucky, her first years of school, her various jobs over the years, and her involvement at the University of Kentucky. She talks a lot about the alternative music scene before the radio station, where and how one could hear the music, as well as what was happening with the local music scene. Finally, she talks about her newspaper column, the impact it made, and the people who first started working to get the radio station.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Interviewer Name
Interview Date
Interview LC Subject
Broadcasting--Kentucky--History Lexington (Ky.). Radio Radio broadcasters--Interviews Radio--HistoryInterview Rights
All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.Interview Usage
Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.Restriction
Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.
All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Add this interview to your cart in order to begin the process of requesting access to a copy of and/or permission to reproduce interview(s).
Urch, Kathleen Ruth Interview by Mick Jeffries. 10 Jun. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Urch, K.R. (2009, June 10). 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.
Urch, Kathleen Ruth, interview by Mick Jeffries. June 10, 2009, History of Broadcasting in Kentucky: Radio Free Lexington (WRFL) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.
Persistent Link for this Record: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7m639k6f8f