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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.
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]
WJBZ-FM (96.3 FM, "Praise 96.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Seymour, Tennessee. The station is owned by M & M Broadcasting, Ron Meredith. It airs a Southern Gospel music format. [3] WJBZ-FM was started by the late J. Bazzel Mull, a longtime preacher and the founder of the Mull Singing Convention program. [4]
In the 1950s and 1960s, WNOX was home to the popular lunchtime program The Midday Merry-go-Round and weekend program The Tennessee Barndance, which were both influential in the early days of country music. Legendary station manager Lowell Blanchard hosted the programs for many years in downtown Knoxville, and lunch crowds packed the station's ...
WKGN is an AM radio station licensed to Knoxville, Tennessee. It was founded by Clarence Beaman, Jr. It first signed on the air September 28, 1947. After various format changes, including a Spanish format, WKGN became an all sports station. In September 2015 WKGN became affiliated with Fox Sports Radio and has both local and national sports ...
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.
WJXB-FM (97.5 MHz, "B97.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Duke Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. WJXB-FM broadcasts an adult contemporary music format. [3] The station was formerly a beautiful music station known as WEZK.
Two years later, B.P. Broadcasters purchased WLIL-AM-FM, which at the time ran country music formats, for $1 million. [5] B.P. built a new FM tower in the Glendale community near the Loudon-Blount county line. [4] The call letters of the FM station were changed to WKZX-FM on September 20, 2000, and the station changed formats to adult contemporary.