WUKY-FM (Lexington, KY)

WUKY (91.3 FM) serves as the main National Public Radio station in Lexington, Kentucky. It is owned by the University of Kentucky and features an Adult Album Alternative format, providing over 100 hours of music each week. In addition to music, WUKY broadcasts content from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC, and American Public Media. The station's studios are situated in McVey Hall on the university campus.

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White House welcomes Afrikaners to the U.S., but drops protection for Afghan allies

3 days ago | wuky.org | Quil Lawrence |Tom Bowman

As many as 9,000 Afghan refugees are at risk of deportation, as the Trump administration has ended the temporary protected status (TPS) that allowed them to stay in the U.S. legally. The White House says their country is no longer dangerous for them, a contention that confounds Afghanistan watchers. "It's a death penalty for them if they return," said Zia Ghafoori, who worked as an interpreter in combat with U.S. Army Special Forces from 2002 to 2014.
The White House is pushing a big budget increase for the Kennedy Center

3 days ago | wuky.org | Jaclyn Diaz

A House committee has proposed boosting the budget for the Kennedy Center sixfold. It comes after President Trump said the arts center was in "disrepair."
GOP spending proposals face pressure from both sides of the aisle

4 days ago | wuky.org | Josh James

While Republicans maintain proposed changes to Medicaid —including new "community engagement requirements" of at least eighty hours per month of work, education, or service for able-bodied adults without dependents — aim to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the system, Beshear warns cuts to the federal-state health insurance program would be devastating and uproot rural hospitals.
The Trump administration wants food makers to switch to natural dyes

4 days ago | wuky.org | Yuki Noguchi

The Trump administration hopes to eliminate potentially harmful synthetic dyes used to give foods, drinks and medicines vivid color. Manufacturers say it's not that simple to make the change.
Pope Leo XIV: Catholic school in Lexington joins worldwide celebration of new Pope

1 week ago | wuky.org | Karyn Czar

Just as the broadcast featured a family of seagulls enjoying their evening meal, a cloud of white billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, and the students began to cheer. Then the lunchroom erupted into chants of "We have a Pope!"The formal inauguration mass for Pope Leo the Fourteenth will be celebrated on May 18 in Saint Peter's Square.
'One on One': WUKY goes behind the scenes with FEMA

1 week ago | wuky.org | Karyn Czar

TRANSCRIPT:Czar: Daniel, you gave me a behind-the-scenes tour of the disaster relief center in Versailles. It's just one of the centers offering assistance to victims of flooding in February and April. And Daniel, you really have made this a one-stop shop. Bernardy: Yep. You took the words right out of my mouth. One-stop shop. Yeah. So, what's great about going into a disaster recovery center is, you know, you've got your American Red Cross in there.
Ahead of Mother's Day, Kentucky fifth-grader pays tribute to grandmother

1 week ago | wuky.org | Nadia Ramlagan

In his winning essay, P.J. Brock describes his grandmother Sue as "caring, kind, hardworking, selfless and loving."Sue Beeler, 74, a retired teacher's aide, said she encourages all grandparents to nurture strong relationships with their grandchildren.
Lexington Farmers' Market Report for May 9th, 2025 - Strawberries

1 week ago | wuky.org | Joe Conkwright

This week the Farmers' Market Report is all about Strawberries. Josh and Joe talk about how to use the fruit in sweet and savory ways - and how to make a 'Strawberry Banana Bread.'
Lexington's celebrated Pope Villa set for $3.2 million restoration

1 week ago | wuky.org | Josh James

"It's one of the most important structures of the federal era in all of The United States Of America, and it's right here," Mayor Linda Gorton said to a round of applause. Built for Sen. John Pope and his wife, Eliza, the 1811 Pope Villa is one of only three surviving residences designed by renowned architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. It survived a fire in 1987, which left most of the original structure intact.
'The Birth of Hope' now stands outside the Fayette County Detention Center

1 week ago | wuky.org | Josh James

It's not the first place you might picture a piece of public art being situated, but the more you talk to the people behind the project at the entrance to the Fayette County Detention Center, the more the meaning comes into view. "There are three large rusted steel beams that rise to mimic the gesture of arms and hands outstretched, and they cradle a nest from which arises a multicolor, abstract piece to symbolize the birth of hope," says creator, Dave Caudill.