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WNOX (93.1 FM, "Classic Rock 93.1") is a commercial radio station licensed to the suburb of Karns, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. The station is owned by SummitMedia and airs a classic rock format. WNOX's studios and offices are on Amherst Road in Knoxville. [3] The transmitter is off Vance Lane, also in Knoxville.
Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Tennessee", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive
Channel 6 was East Tennessee's first television station, signing on the air at 8 p.m. on October 1, 1953, as WROL-TV. The race to be the first television station in the eastern part of the state was won by WROL-TV when the 300-foot (91 m) tower of WJHL-TV in Johnson City (ironically, now a sister station to the Knoxville station) collapsed a few months earlier.
This station signed on in November 1991 as WEMQ, later on as WQBB-FM, airing the same programming as adult standards WQBB. Later the FM played "Young country" as WQIX. [2] Prior to its flip to Rhythmic Top 40 in July 2003, the station was a Classic Rock outlet as "104.5 The Bone". [3] HOT 104.5 has enjoyed success.
In 1989, the station adopted AM stereo and increased power to 10,000 watts. [7] From 1993, it was simulcast on WQBB-FM 104.5. Journal Communications acquired the WQBB stations in 1998, doubling its holdings from two stations to four in the Knoxville area. [8] Journal split the FM station off and flipped it to country. [9]
WNML is the oldest radio station in Knoxville and one of the oldest in Tennessee. The first formal regulations establishing radio broadcasting in the United States were adopted by the Department of Commerce effective December 1, 1921. [4] During the next year, over 500 stations were created.
Pages in category "Television stations in Knoxville, Tennessee" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In morning drive time, Bob Bell hosts a show focusing on news, weather and information.The rest of the day, WRJZ airs national programs including Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Turning Point with David Jeremiah, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Hope in the Night with June Hunt and Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.