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1520 in Elizabethton
- Thread starter jjschim
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Some people tried to put it back on air....in I think 2008 and it failed. Now the frequency has been taken away from Elizabethton.
Any physical remnants of the station? Although it's sad, I always feel compelled to visit an abandoned/dark station and pay homage. Where was it located in Elizabethton?
Original studio...604 1/2 E. Elk Ave. in Elizabethton. Absolutely nothing there now. The 2nd chance studio...in a section of an old plant....same town. No remnants. I know a guy that has a reel to reel copy of the jingles,liners,ids,etc.....I keep telling him to transfer to CD...but so far he hasn't. One day he'll open to box to find...DUST.
never knew the freq...but are we talking about WBEJ?
No Brian....it was WIDD....then maybe WITM........then it's last attempt at being back on air continously was....WHHQ. Might've been other call letters in between.
oh...my bad....I haven't lived in east Tennessee in years and didn't know there was another AM that went on in Elizabethton. The WIDD calls ring a bell. Didn't the FM that WJSO put on have WIDD calls and went by I-99...and later US-99? Just wondering.....
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Brian...yeah...99.3.
Brian Scott said:oh...my bad....I haven't lived in east Tennessee in years and didn't know there was another AM that went on in Elizabethton. The WIDD calls ring a bell. Didn't the FM that WJSO put on have WIDD calls and went by I-99...and later US-99? Just wondering.....
Wow...I remember US 99...and I visited the place but I remember little about it. I hate myself when I don't have a camera. I'm pretty sure I drove there myself. I must have been around 17 years old, which would have been 1985. I suppose the old 99.3 frequency is what is now licensed to -- I believe -- Jefferson City and is part of the 99.1 and AM 990 Sports Talk simulcast in Knoxville?
In 1987, I worked overnights at WJCW...has hired there by Tom Phillips, who is now TJ Phillips at WEZL in Charleston, SC....I thought I was on top of the world cause I was working for WJCW/WQUT. My position was eliminated by, what I feel, was the beginning of the transition to Talk Radio on WJCW when they started airing the Larry King Show overnights. It was kinda funny...I was told on Saturday afternoon that Larry King was gonna be on overnights starting Sunday night at midnight.
So, on Monday morning, I figured I needed a job. Nothing was available at Rabbitville, so I called US-99. PD/Morning man there at the time was Jim King "The Kingbird"...talked to him Monday morning at 10:30, interviewed there Tuesday morning 10:30, and started doing 10a-3p on Wednesday. Was just in the right place at the right time. I did middays for about 3 months, when we had an opening. Kingbird brought in a lady...I think her name was Dixie and may have come up from Chattanooga, and management wanted her in middays and moved me to 7-midnight. The line-up then was Kingbird on mornings, Dixie on middays, former WXBQ guy John Dixon on PM Drive, me on 7-12 and TC Brannon on overnights. Money was ok, but the 2 guys that owned it were total horses asses, but doing 7-12, I didn't have to deal with too much crap and actually enjoyed working there.
So, on Monday morning, I figured I needed a job. Nothing was available at Rabbitville, so I called US-99. PD/Morning man there at the time was Jim King "The Kingbird"...talked to him Monday morning at 10:30, interviewed there Tuesday morning 10:30, and started doing 10a-3p on Wednesday. Was just in the right place at the right time. I did middays for about 3 months, when we had an opening. Kingbird brought in a lady...I think her name was Dixie and may have come up from Chattanooga, and management wanted her in middays and moved me to 7-midnight. The line-up then was Kingbird on mornings, Dixie on middays, former WXBQ guy John Dixon on PM Drive, me on 7-12 and TC Brannon on overnights. Money was ok, but the 2 guys that owned it were total horses asses, but doing 7-12, I didn't have to deal with too much crap and actually enjoyed working there.
T
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eacalhoun1 said:Brian Scott said:oh...my bad....I haven't lived in east Tennessee in years and didn't know there was another AM that went on in Elizabethton. The WIDD calls ring a bell. Didn't the FM that WJSO put on have WIDD calls and went by I-99...and later US-99? Just wondering.....
Wow...I remember US 99...and I visited the place but I remember little about it. I hate myself when I don't have a camera. I'm pretty sure I drove there myself. I must have been around 17 years old, which would have been 1985. I suppose the old 99.3 frequency is what is now licensed to -- I believe -- Jefferson City and is part of the 99.1 and AM 990 Sports Talk simulcast in Knoxville?
Pretty sure the 99.3 frequency in Jefferson City has been there since the 70's.
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