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WBIR-TV was originally owned by a consortium headed by J. Lindsay Nunn and his son, Gilmore Nunn, owners of WBIR radio (1240 AM, now WIFA; and FM 103.5, now WIMZ-FM). The station's call letters come from Jesse W. "Jay" Birdwell, who founded WBIR radio in 1941; Birdwell sold the AM radio station to the Nunns in 1944. [ 3 ]
Later that year, a two-hour morning show produced by WBIR-TV was also added. [24] Prior to producing the WTNZ newscasts, WBIR had produced a 10-minute 10 p.m. newscast for WBXX-TV (channel 20); WATE-TV took over those duties from WBIR and expanded that program to a full 35 minutes. [25] A half-hour 6:30 p.m. newscast from WBIR-TV was added in 2017.
Secondary flagship station of the network; operates as full-power simulcast of WWME-CD Quincy: WGEM-TV: 10.4: 10: NBC: Gray Television: Rockford: WREX-TV: 13.3: 13: Allen Media Broadcasting: Springfield: WRSP-TV: 55.2: 16: Fox: GOCOM Media (Sinclair Broadcast Group) Urbana : WCCU: 27.2: 26: Operates as a satellite station of WRSP-TV
The dispute with Tegna's Knoxville NBC affiliate, WBIR, comes after the DirecTV-Nexstar dispute and Charter-Disney dispute from earlier this year.
At first, the two stations simulcast most of their schedules. But by the 1970s, WBIR-FM had its own Top 40 format and today is classic rock WIMZ-FM. In 1956, WBIR added a television station, WBIR-TV channel 10. WBIR-AM-FM-TV were owned by a consortium headed by J. Lindsay Nunn and his son, Gilmore Nunn. The Nunn Family bought WBIR in 1944. In ...
Retro TV on 6.2, Rev'n on 6.3, Action on 6.4, Family Channel on 6.5 Chattanooga: Ducktown: 22 22 WCTD-LD: Silent Chattanooga: Chattanooga: 24 24 WDDA-LD: Silent Chattanooga: Chattanooga: 26 26 W26ET-D: 3ABN: 3ABN Latino on 26.4, 3ABN Radio on 26.5, 3ABN Radio Latino on 26.6, Radio 74 on 26.7 Chattanooga: Collegedale: 30 11 W11DM-D: 3ABN
At one time, this tower, another 800-foot (240 m) tower owned by WATE-TV, and the 1,000-foot (300 m) WTVK tower were the only ones on the ridge. The Sharp's Ridge antenna farm is also the transmitting location for Class C FM radio station, WJXB-FM 97.5, whose antenna is located on the South Central Communications tower. One Class A FM radio ...
WATE-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located in the Greystone mansion on North Broadway/ SR 33 / SR 71 / US 441 , and its transmitter is located on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville .