WLRU-LP

WLRU-LP
City	Hillsboro, Ohio
Broadcast area	Hillsboro and neighboring communities in Highland County, Ohio.
Branding	106.9 WLRU
Frequency	106.9 mHz
First air date	December 23, 2014
Format	Christian radio (Catholic)
ERP	100 watts
HAAT	87 feet (26.6206 meters)
Class	L1 (Low-power FM)
Transmitter coordinates	39°11′25″N 83°36′38″W / 39.1903333°N 83.6104722°W / 39.1903333; -83.6104722Coordinates: 39°11′25″N 83°36′38″W / 39.1903333°N 83.6104722°W / 39.1903333; -83.6104722
Callsign meaning	Where (the) Lord (is) Right (for) U (as in "You")
Affiliations	CatholicTV
Owner	St. Mary Catholic Broadcasting System
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Official webpage

WLRU-LP is a non-commercial low-power FM broadcasting station in Hillsboro, Ohio airing Catholic programming. Local Masses, recitation of the Holy Rosary and related programming is broadcast live from St. Mary Catholic Church in Hillsboro in addition to Southern gospel and polka music and network programming (in audio portion) provided by CatholicTV Network.

Father Mike Paraniuk is the founder and program director and is the host of the weekly polka program. Fr. Paraniuk is of Polish descent and heritage and has previously did on-air work at WOBO-FM in Batavia from 1982 until 2005.

LaRue Turner, previously an engineer and co-owner at the former WELX in Xenia (now WGNZ in Fairborn) is the consulting engineer who was at first the inspiration for the callsign.

According to a Highland County Press newspaper article dated December 18,2014 WLRU was scheduled to come on the air on December 23, 2014 beginning with the initial airing of Christmas music. The new LPFM followed through on its promise on that date.

The station was profiled in the March 2015 edition of The Catholic Telegraph, the official newspaper of the Cincinnati Archdiocese. In April 2015 the station now doing Southern Gospel Music from The Gospel Station Network.

External links

Catholic Telegraph story of WLRU's on-air debut

Query the FCC's FM station database for WLRU

Radio-Locator information on WLRU-LP

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Defunct	WCER – Canton

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