580 AM WELO is an Adult Standards station in (W) TupELO, Mississippi. They carried a Country & Western format at the time this sticker was printed.
Elvis Presley grew up listening to WELO. In 1945 at age 10, he performed live on the station in a youth talent contest. Elvis came in second place and won $5.00 and free admission to the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. He would later appear on WELO as part of the weekly music jamborees hosted by Mississippi Slim.
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