WVLC/WLCR/WLOY History
It began on November 20, 1975, with the creation of WVLC -The Voice of Loyola College. Founded by John Franklin (’76), former news editor at the Greyhound and built by Jay Guyther (’78), the station was in operation until 2000. Call letter conflicts with a licensed station required the change in 1976 to WLCR – Loyola College Radio, which it remained until closing in 2000. A group of students restarted radio at Loyola with the opening of WLOY on March 19, 2003.
Oddly, it appears both former call letter sets are now in use in the same region of Kentucky. WVLC-FM and WLCR-AM. Weird.
UPDATE: WLOY hosted a 35th anniversary party for all old radio station alumni on Saturday November 20, 2010 at the new WLOY Loyola Radio studios in Bellarmine Hall! We had a great turnout, and it was awesome to hear all the stories come together! Check back to see photos from the event or find us on Facebook at “WLOY/WLCR Alumni”!
Early Staff (by class year with titles held):
John Franklin ’76 (general manager)
Linda Szczybor ’76 (program director)
Carol Keiser ’76 (public affairs director)
George Knipp ’76 (news director)
Phil Forte ’77 (news director, general manager)
Jay Guyther ’78 (chief announcer, program director, general manager)
Dave Seidel ’78 (news director)
Walt Gutowski ’78 (sports director)
Damian Varga ’79 (production director, general manager)
Rich Gunzelman ’79 (chief engineer, general manager, chief engineer)
Kim Emmerich ’79 (program director)
Ed Stanley ’79 (night manager)
Dan McKew ’79 (sports director)
ASLC/student government people who were instrumental in the founding years:
Marie Lewandowski ’78
Jim Parks ’78
Dennis King ’78
Ken Anderson ’79
Can you identify the people in these photos? If so, please join our alumni group on Facebook or add comments here!
1976 Senior Staff Photo
1977 Staff Photo
1979 Staff Photo
Hey Alumni! We’re ready for you!!! See you Saturday 1-7 for food and fun. If you can’t make it, make sure you listen to the old crew back on the air live all day long!!!
Hi Guys,
As an FYI. I was a part time DJ (dinner show) as a freshman in 1975-76. In fact, I was one of the first salesmen out selling radio ads. Our first subscriber was the “Cosy Corner Record Shop” in East Baltimore. We sold him a whopping $25 worth of airtime!
Give my regards to Jay Brown. Jay was also part of the station and he is pictured on the shop from 1979 – he is the fellow standing on the right, first row, with dark glasses and his hands in his pockets. Jay made a big contribution to the show and did some engineering work as well.
In fact, somewhere around here, I still have an album called “Passport to Infinity” that was a demo copy given to me because it didn’t go with the format. Now, “Smooth Rock” and “Lite Jazz” are the norm!
Yours,
John Manley
Class of ’79 (graduated 12/78)
I remember helping John sell ads – think I only ever sold one – it was to the tavern in Fells Point – The Horse You Came In On – we set the add to the Bees Gees song “Nights on Broadway”. Was among one of the first DJs to do live broadcasting from “the Rat” on Wednesday nights. I think about the technology now and think how much has changed in 35 years – so happy to be affiliated with the station again.