Are Sevierville's 930 and Branson's 1550 still the same, or different?

[Sammy Reed]

I'll write this first: This has a number of questions, not just one.
Being that "Smoky Mountain Radio" (Formerly called "Pigeon Forge Radio") no longer mentions the Grand Crown Resort, does Smoky Mountain Radio and Branson Radio have the same stuff on them anymore, or do they have different things? Are they under separate ownership? Do they both have Kent Emmons talking on them, and Milton Crabapple, as Smoky Mountain does? Does the Grand Crown Resort still exist in any of the cities?

 

[jefflaurence]

This is the most entertaining thing on AM radio..I listen for hours when I am in the car. That crazy 930 really carries. Now they are touting the Mountain Dew sky bridge..the worlds largest glass bottom sky walk. And there are "live" interviews where Kent talks to people and free Milton Crabapple CDs available at the Smkoy Mountain Welcome Center..and the Wahoo Zip lines, and the Hatfield and McCoys dinner show!! Also Santa Claus is on telling me to join him for all the "Holiday Fun" for 2012! The squealing glee of it all makes me want to pack the family in the Belvedere wagon and point the Plymouth towards Pigeon Forge.

Seriously I saw a street view of the 930 tower site. It is really up there. Who IS paying the electric bill, and where IS the computer that is running this stuff? How much do you figure Kent Emmons is getting do do this stuff? After all he is my "new best friend in the Smoky Mountains" and that is worth something..but WSEV is just a stand alone AM that has a great signal and I would have said they are wasting the electricity..but what the heck else would you do with this station?

Does Milton Crabapple really exist? Does he do standup somewhere?

 

[secondchoice]

Does Milton Crabapple really exist? Does he do standup somewhere?

yes

http://www.miltoncrabapple.com/

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

"...and where IS the computer that is running this stuff?"

I believe it's in the building that houses 105.5 and 106.3 in Sevierville. And last I heard AM 930 was using the old WSEV FM (102.1) tower on the ridge just south of downtown Sevierville. The AM tower on Middle Creek Road is long gone. It deteriorated to the point where it made sense to move the station to their other, at that time unused, tower.

They also have moved from Middle Creek Road to a former church off exit 407 behind the huge flea market.

 

[Sammy Reed]

What I'd like to know is, are 930 and Branson's 1550 running identical stuff or not? It was stated on the board previously that Grand Crowne Resorts owned both of them, and they both ran the same kind of things. Now the Grand Crowne Resort isn't mentioned anymore on 930. So are they still running similar stuff, or do they have different programming? Does Grand Crowne still own Branson's 1550 station?

 

[secondchoice]

What I'd like to know is, are 930 and Branson's 1550 running identical stuff or not? It was stated on the board previously that Grand Crowne Resorts owned both of them, and they both ran the same kind of things. Now the Grand Crowne Resort isn't mentioned anymore on 930. So are they still running similar stuff, or do they have different programming? Does Grand Crowne still own Branson's 1550 station?

According to the FCC web site Grand Crown owns both:

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=17058

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=17137

127 is part of Grand Crown.

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...xt=25&appn=101516529&formid=303&fac_num=17137