Driving around town running errands and listening to local radio stations over the past few months is disturbing to someone like me that choose radio as a career when I was just 8 years old. I even got a degree in broadcasting so working in the business was something that meant a lot to…
Category: Knoxville Media News
Colleagues and friends remember Billy Kidd
The Wednesday news that Billy Kidd had passed away at just 61 years old stunned East Tennessee. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Wednesday news that Billy Kidd had passed away at just 61 years old stunned East Tennesseans. The longtime radio personality was a giant in Knoxville media, and he had the accolades to show…
WTNZ-TV Fox 43 (Lockwood Broadcasting, Knoxville) has an opening for an experienced Multi Media Account Executive
WTNZ-TV Fox 43 (Lockwood Broadcasting, Knoxville) has an opening for an experienced Multi Media Account Executive to manage and grow transactional business with a heavy emphasis on prospecting and closing new business. Responsibilities: · Develop and maintain direct relationships with agencies and clients while driving Revenue to achieve monthly goals · Close new and…
Knoxville advertising agency Tombras wins 6 national social media awards
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Independent advertising agency Tombras was named “Best Large Agency” at the US Social Media Awards on Wednesday. The US Social Media Awards celebrate the best in social media and reward the individuals, companies and organizations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. “I’m so very, very proud of…
WUTK Radio Station Chosen as Knoxville’s Finest 6 Years in a Row
Thanks to WUTK‘s amazing listeners and supporters, the station has won Blank Newpaper’s Knoxville’s Finest Radio Station for 2020. This is six years in a row taking home the gold with Blank, and 15 years in a row to win Best/Finest Radio Station between Metro Pulse, Blank Newspaper, and Mercury Readers’ Poll! The station says they…
Loud Media Adds Two More Knoxville Radio Stations
Loud Media is purchasing WJRV-FM in Oliver Springs, TN and WTNQ-FM in La Follette, also in Tennessee, from Momentum Broadcasting. Loud Media will LMA the stations July 1.Loud Media is owned by Aaron Ishmael and Ricki Lee and operates stations in New York, Tennessee and Colorado. Ishmael said, “We are extremely excited about strengthening our position…
Mike Keith, Voice of the Titans, to be Inducted Into the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE – Mike Keith thought he was walking into the studio at Saint Thomas Sports Park on Wednesday to interview Hall of Famer Steve Hutchinson. Instead, the Voice of the Titans got a surprise – Keith is heading into the Hall of Fame himself. The Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame today announced Keith as a…
ADPR Students Win at 2020 Addy Awards
Fifteen students from the School of Advertising and Public Relations and a graphic design major earned 24 honors at the Knoxville American Advertising Federation (AAF) awards. Senior Kara Wegner earned a Gold Addy Award for her work on Land of Ice and Fire and a Silver Addy Award for Indelible Faces. Graphic design major Ndigi…
Student design majors win at the ADDYS
On Saturday, Feb. 29, four Maryville College students attended the ADDYs in Knoxville, Tenn. and took home several awards and citations. Design majors Chloé Vaccaro, Alyssa Kral, Cassidy Forbes, and Christen Watson each submitted various projects for consideration. Design professors Adrienne Schwarte and Morgan Manning attended the awards as well. An annual event, the ADDYs,…