Waky Warriors
Les Cook - Weekday Mornings 6a - 10a
My Father was in the radio business, so I have been around it all my life. He signed on WPDF in Corydon, Indiana in 1962. And I was on the air doing part time for him when I was 12!! My first big gig came at WLRS in Louisville in 1973. Then it was off to WQHI...
Leesa Mitchell the Derby City Diva - Middays 10a - 3p
Howdy! My name is Leesa Mitchell and I am most pleased to be part of the WAKY family. My first place of residence was in a little town outside of Peoria IL called Farmington where de-tassling corn was a favorite summer job for us local kids
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Johnny Randolph - Afternoons 3p - 7p
Program Director and DJ from the mid 60's until 1979. From there I went into ownership status of some small KY radio stations. In the mid 1990's I subsequently sold them and retired. I then came out of retirement for 10 years ...
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Mike Marvin - Evenings 7p - 12a
I was born May 31, 1953 in Pittsburg, California. My father was in the army and we traveled half the world before moving to Kentucky in 1966. I started in radio in 1974 at the University of Louisville radio station and I have been with W & B Broadcasting since September 1989. My hobbies are collecting ...
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Mark Strauss - Sunday Mornings
It really did begin at a 250-watt daytime station, in 1969, which at the time was WPDF 1550-AM in Corydon, IN. The station was owned by Les Cook’s parents. They gave me my first radio position! I’ve had the privilege of working at several area stations, including WAKY 790-AM ...
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Mike Cummins - Special Events, Remotes and Sales
Mike Cummins says...I was born and raised in Louisville, KY, I loved radio, had my own radio station in my basement at the age of 14 and did 3 - 7pm every summer! My mother thought I was crazy. ...
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Naki Frierson - News
I am a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. It's a small city in the western part of the state. I've always had a passion for speaking and writing so I guess you could say that news has always been in my blood...



