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[lotsacoffee]

Anyone have any WASL history that predates the mid 80s?

That said, I really kind of feel SL-100 is missing the boat on a lot of potential listeners and advertising revenue up and down Highway 51. There is only one FM station located between Dyersburg and Memphis, and the population in the past 10 years in that same area has EXPLODED!

Bill Thomas is all over that idea with his LMA WKBQ FM in Covington. He's playing country.

That highway 51 corridor is the future I-69 corridor! But that could be years away. I certainly did not know that Covington was the only town between Dyersburg and Memphis with an FM station. Didn't Ripley have one at one time?

I remember when "Dyersburg 100" changed to "100.1 FM" and adopted an AC format that was really too soft for its time (mid to late '80s) and for such a small (for that time anyway) market. Then, in their first incarnation as "SL100," they played about a 50/50 mix of country and hot AC. What they played at the time was definitely country, but I suppose they thought it had "crossover" potential. Interesting mix of music about that time.

The irony here is that "100.1 FM" wouldn't have dared touch those heavy metal bands!

 

[anotherguyTN]

WASL was country in the 70's and WTRO was top 40. Some time in the late 70's they switched formats.

 

[firepoint525]

WASL started out as WTRO-FM when they first came on the air, around 1968, I believe. I am not sure when they changed their call letters to WASL. WTRO-AM came on the air around 1957, at 1330-AM. They moved over to 1450-AM after WDSG, the original station to broadcast on 1450, left the air around 1990. WTRO-AM bought the license and moved over to 1450 around 1992.