A Knoxville radio host has started a camp-out protest waiting for Tennessee’s next win this season. Tyler Ivens of 99.1-WNML The Sports Animal tweeted a video from his first night on the roof of Toyota Knoxville. The radio station promoted the stunt on its web site. “Tune in this week to hear him do the…
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Popular Knoxville radio personality on commission expected to address Nathan Bedford Forrest bust
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A popular Knoxville radio host has been appointed to a state panel that is expected to address the contentious bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in the state Capitol. Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee’s Capitol Commission will soon meet for the first time in more than two years. On Monday, Read more…
Q100 Knoxville Relaunches As 100.3 The Wolf
WCYQ Knoxville TN as “100.3 The Wolf“. Positioning as “New Country Now”, the launch sees the addition of the Bobby Bones Show for mornings while former morning hosts Opie Joe and Carina Lime moving to afternoons. Dana Lundon continues to track middays from sister 104.7 WZZK Birmingham. SummitMedia Knoxville has launched a new Country radio…
Dex & Barbie T Get Syndicated To Knoxville
On Aug 12, 2019SummitMedia Rhythmic CHR “Hot 104.5” WKHT Knoxville TN is adding Dex and Barbie T for mornings. The show will continue to be based at SummitMedia’s “Hot 98.1” WHZT Williamston/Greenville SC where the duo have been paired together since August 2017 when Mitchell joined the station. Dex Mitchell has previously hosted mornings in…
WUOT Project Promotes Ken Burns’s Upcoming Country Music Documentary
WUOT, the Knoxville NPR station licensed to UT, has received a $10,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a five-part project to highlight Knoxville’s connection to country music. WUOT is one of 37 public radio and TV stations nationwide to share in more than $366,000 of funding to produce projects associated with acclaimed…
Bad Radio in K-Town
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…
The latest Knoxville Radio Ratings are in
Click the link below to see the 12+ shares from the Spring 2019 survey (March 28 – June 19). See the 12+ Shares here
‘Jack’ Officially In the Box For Midwest In Knoxville
After 45 years of ownership, Knoxville radio veteran John Pirkle agreed to sell a Class A serving Knoxville to Duke Wright-led Midwest Communications. The transaction has now closed.
ALL ACCESS: Joey Tack Exits Knoxville For PD Post At KNCI/Sacramento
JOEY TACK joins BONNEVILLE Country KNCI/SACRAMENTO as PD/midday host effective MONDAY, JULY 1st. He arrives from SUMMITMEDIA/KNOXVILLE, where he spent 15 years, the last five as PD for Top 40/Rhythmic WKHT (HOT 104.5). Tack assumes programming duties that had previously been handled by BONNEVILLE/SACRAMENTO Group Dir./Programming CHAD RUFER.“I am both humbled and thrilled to be…
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…