Anybody know or heard about Bristol Broadcasting putting on a new FM in the Morristown market in the near future?
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New FM going on in Morristown?
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Elkhosen
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Perhaps it's the moving of WNPC's FM signal from 92.9 to 104.7. Looks like 92.9 is close to Newport (it's studio home - or was) and 104.7 is between Morristown and Bulls Gap.
http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?facid=73346
http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?facid=73346
sitting here wondering what kind of format Bristol will put on it....back in the 90's, I did AM Drive on the old 95.9 WMXK....I still think that a country station, focusing on Morristown/Hamblen County, would draw money.
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Cueburned
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Kenny 104 is on the air. :
Cueburned said:Kenny 104 is on the air. :
Is this Bristol Broadcasting's station or someone else's. I'm very curious about this. One of the best jobs I ever had in radio was at the old WMXK K-96FM. I spoke to them while I was stranded in Morristown for 5 days at the Super 8 during the blizzard of 93...they hired me a week later. Did PM Drive til the morning man/PD/MD left and they moved me into his position. Never did care for the music, but did enjoy the job. I'd love to be back in east Tennessee radio again....if it paid better.
Yes this is BB's station. WNPC is now on a translator in Newport @ 92.3 FM. The 104.7 is still doing the all kenney Chesney format, their Bristol Broadcasting web site doesn't show anything about this station. It makes you wonder if they just put it on the air to see if someone would hand them a couple of Mi$$ion for it. They should have at least simulcast WNPC on it until they know what they want to do with it.
Heard this Kenny stuff earlier this week near while on the road near the 40/81 split en route to Kingsport. What the haeyull are they thinking? Stunting on a new signal like this one and in this manner? this type of stunting is more understandable on an existing frequency, but why go this route for a brand new stick? Running people away at their first opportunity to listen. BBC should know better. at least they still believe in having a good local presence on their big stations, or at least better than the going average. Why are they trying to be a player in Morristown and Newport anyway??
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Tennessee Cowboy
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Hundredthousandwatts said:
Because if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. Or am I confusing Newport with NY, NY...
WNPC translator must be 5 watts. Can't hear it much coming down I-40E from a Smokies game last night. 92.9 souinded much better, BB should have left it there. Must be nice to have money to buy up all the frequencies and never make a dime. Isn't that what happened to the former broadcast giant once known as Citadel Media? Film at 11......
Just think, when the format changes later someone will go "Oh my God they've killed Kenny!!!"
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Tennessee Cowboy
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anotherguy said:Just think, when the format changes later someone will go "Oh my God they've killed Kenny!!!"
We have a winner.
Stunting is over. "Thunder Country 104.7" is on the air. On my drive toward TriCities Tuesday, I heard new country music and..... Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers. Quite a range with the tunes. Didn't hang around long enough to hear if there were any jocks.
kd4rnc1964 said:
agree. WNPC on 92.9 used to come in just shy of the Midway exit. Translator 92.3 was rough till I got around Dandridge. I flipped to their AM 1060 and it comes in farther away than 92.3. (Only during the daytime of course...1060 is a clear channel)
Hundredthousandwatts said:
Last "Thunder" station I heard (or heard of) was around 1990 when Country "K-97 WLVK" Charlotte flipped to "Thunder 96.9" - it was a blend of Current Country and Southern Rock. Format didn't last too long, maybe less than 2 years, and the station quietly dropped the "Thunder" name and Southern Rock tunes. It started using its callsign in the name "Country 96.9 WTDR" - most of us radio folks called it "turd" for short.
And, looks like they have a website - pretty limited at this point, however:
http://thundercountry1047.com/
Hundredthousandwatts said:
Radio locator (and the FCC site) says the translator is 250 watts - I would assume it's on the former 92.9 tower?
eacalhoun1 said:
There are a few country stations using the "Thunder" moniker. WKMK "Thunder 106" Jersey Shore, WDNB "Thunder 102" Jeffersonville, NY, WCTH "Thunder Country 100.3" Florida keys, WTHD "Thunder Country 105.5" LaGrange, IN, WTRS "Thunder Country 102.3 Ocala, FL, WRHT "Thunder Country 96.3" Greenville/New Bern, NC are a few using the name. Most are not country/rock hybrids though, and are mainstream country outlets. (although, Thunder 106 on the Jersey Shore does play mostly all uptempo songs and quite a few odd, harder edged album cuts. They also bill themselves as "Rockin' Country, Thunder 106")
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