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The first Tennessee Volunteers football game radio broadcast was produced by the Vol Radio Network in 1949. [2] The name of the radio network was given by the legendary Robert R. Neyland, with Lindsey Nelson serving as the first-ever play-by-play announcer. Men's basketball games were added to the Vol Network's portfolio in the early 1950s.
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The name "Volunteers" also reflects the Tennessee volunteers who came to the assistance of the Texans during Texas's 1836 War for Independence from Mexico. The name became even more prominent in the Mexican-American War of 1846 when Governor Aaron V. Brown issued a call for 2,800 men to battle Santa Ana and some 30,000 Tennesseans volunteered.
WGFX returned as the full-time flagship station of the Titans Radio Network in 2010. WGFX is the major Nashville-area affiliate for the University of Tennessee Volunteers football [5] and men's basketball, [6] The Vols moved to WGFX on 2010 after many years on WLAC.
The Tennessee Volunteers football program (variously called "Vols," "UT" and "Big Orange") represents the University of Tennessee (UT). The Vols have played football for 132 seasons, starting in 1891; their combined record of 870–415–53 (.670) ranks them fourteenth on the all-time win list for NCAA football programs .
WNML-FM (99.1 MHz; "99.1 The Sports Animal") is a commercial radio station licensed to Friendsville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area.It simulcasts a sports radio format with sister station WNML 990 AM and is owned by Cumulus Media.
His broadcasting career blossomed when he became the Vols' radio play-by-play voice, first, for basketball in 1965 and three years later for football (1968). [2] The first Tennessee football game for John was scheduled on September 14, 1968, with Tennessee against Georgia in Knoxville where the game ended in a tie 17-17.
The Tennessee Volunteers men's track and field program represents the University of Tennessee in the sport of track and field. The indoor and outdoor programs compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols host their home outdoor meets at the newly renovated Tom Black ...