KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – “Babyyyy Shark – doo doo doo doo doo doo, baby shark….” Now it’s stuck in your head, too…doo doo doo doo. Listeners got a hefty dose of the viral song all day long thanks to Hot 104.5 here in Knoxville. Hot 104.5 played 30 different mixes and remakes of the viral…
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After 45 Years, A Knoxville FM Heads To New Owner
BOCA RATON, FLA. — In late March 2018, a Eastern Tennessee radio veteran who acquired a Class A FM in 1974 acquired an AM in what’s colloquially known to some as “Scruffy City” from Kirkland Wireless Broadcasters. Six months later, this broadcaster sold the AM. Now, it is selling the FM after 45 years of…
94.3 JACK-FM Returns to Knoxville “Playing What We Want”
94.3 WNFZ Changes Format and Re-Introduces a Unique Kind of Radio to Knoxville Knoxville, TN – JACK-FM has returned to the Knoxville radio market, re-introducing a new kind of radio. The change-over is effective at 5:00pm on Thursday, March 21st. “We’re excited to introduce a totally different radio station to East Tennessee,” said Randy Chambers,…
Kevin "Gravy' Canup Named SummitMedia/Knoxville OM & WWST (Star 102.1) PD
SUMMITMEDIA/KNOXVILLE has named SUMMITMEDIA Country WQNU (Q103.1)/LOUISVILLE APD/MD KEVIN “GRAVY” CANUP OM. CANUP will also serve as PD/afternoon host for Top 40 WWST (STAR 102.1). As OM, CANUP will oversee operations at WWST, Top 40/Rhythmic WKHT (HOT 104.5), Country WCYQ (Q100.3) and Classic Hits WNOX. CANUP succeeds veteran OM/PD RICH BAILEY, who had been with…
All Access: Tom Oakes Moves To Knoxville As Interim PD at Country WCYQ
TOM OAKES moves from the interim OM post at SUMMITMEDIA’s SPRINGFIELD, MO cluster to interim PD for its Country WCYQ (Q100.3)/KNOXVILLE, where KEVIN KING recently departed for the OM slot at ADX COMMUNICATIONS/PENSACOLA (NET NEWS, 1/28). SUMMIT MEDIA/KNOXVILLE OM RICH BAILEY is currently conducting a search for a permanent PD at WCYQ. After that person…
Forbes: There's A Right Way To Run Radio Stations. Here Are 10 Smart Tips.
With two of the nation’s largest radio companies in bankruptcy, iHeartMedia and Cumulus, many who don’t really know radio contend the medium is dead or dying. But those who do know radio argue that it’s still every bit a vital medium. The problem, they argue, is that too many stations are poorly managed, often from…
Wilhite & Wall back on Knoxville radio with Merle FM morning show
The duo spent seven years at WIVK back in the 90’s. They’re back! Longtime East Tennesseans will remember Wilhite and Wall when they woke us up in the 90’s on WIVK. Now they’ll do the same on 96.7 Merle FM. Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall spent seven years in Knoxville before moving on to cities…
Merle FM brings Wilhite and Wall back to Knoxville Morning Radio
Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall are excited to be back on the air in East Tennessee. Spending close to seven years cheering on the Vols in the 90’s just up the radio dial before moving on to places like Detroit and Kansas City. Wilhite and Wall have been honored twice by the CMA for their…
Steve Gulley to WDVX
Radio listeners in east Tennessee who have enjoyed Steve Gulley’s tenure as a broadcaster at WCXZ/WLMU were surprised just before Christmas when a change in budgetary priorities at Lincoln Memorial University resulted in the whole station being shut down. Steve not only served as Program Director, he was a major voice on their airwaves. The…
All Access: WCYQ/Knoxville’s Kevin King Returns To Pensacola
SUMMITMEDIA Country WCYQ (Q100.3)/KNOXVILLE is seeking a new PD to replace KEVIN KING, who is returning to ADX COMMUNICATIONS as OM for the PENSACOLA, FL cluster effective the first week of MARCH. He will oversee Country WYCT (CAT COUNTRY 98.7) and its three News, Talk, and Sports sister stations. He will also handle middays at…