WKGN has been sold, it went for $233k without the tower site/studio trailer. That will be leased for $1500 per mo. I wonder how business is for that format with the FM 93.5 in Lenoir City also programming Spanish? Are either of these station showing in the Arbitron ratings? The ones I have seen don't list them so they probably aren't subscribers.
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WKGN Sold
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Well, at least it's a 24-hour-a-day stick. Not for sure what anyone would put on it. This market lacks innovation anymore, and a new AM station would have to be heavily promoted. Just rambling out thoughts here, but with nighttime coverage in the city KGN has more to offer than a lot of the other AMs that try to be players. (See 1180.) It was a great service to the older black communtiy until it was farmed out to Mexican music in 2006 (or was it 2005?)
Further, I'm still mad that they took country off 93.5 around that same time period in late 2005 or early 06. It was actually a country station that you could listen to for fun, a rimshot independent that didn't try to position itself as a competitor of WIVK.
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Hundredthousandwatts said:Well, at least it's a 24-hour-a-day stick. Not for sure what anyone would put on it. This market lacks innovation anymore, and a new AM station would have to be heavily promoted. Just rambling out thoughts here, but with nighttime coverage in the city KGN has more to offer than a lot of the other AMs that try to be players. (See 1180.) It was a great service to the older black communtiy until it was farmed out to Mexican music in 2006 (or was it 2005?)
Many highly-talented people passed through that station over the years.
Tennessee Cowboy said:Hundredthousandwatts said:Well, at least it's a 24-hour-a-day stick. Not for sure what anyone would put on it. This market lacks innovation anymore, and a new AM station would have to be heavily promoted. Just rambling out thoughts here, but with nighttime coverage in the city KGN has more to offer than a lot of the other AMs that try to be players. (See 1180.) It was a great service to the older black communtiy until it was farmed out to Mexican music in 2006 (or was it 2005?)
Many highly-talented people passed through that station over the years.
I sure miss the 3 o'clock "Traffic Jam" on WKGN. I could get my Kool & The Gang and Carl Carlton fix every weekday afternoon. Great remixes of some of the best 70's and 80's dance classics. 8)
Tennessee Cowboy said:Hundredthousandwatts said:Well, at least it's a 24-hour-a-day stick. Not for sure what anyone would put on it. This market lacks innovation anymore, and a new AM station would have to be heavily promoted. Just rambling out thoughts here, but with nighttime coverage in the city KGN has more to offer than a lot of the other AMs that try to be players. (See 1180.) It was a great service to the older black communtiy until it was farmed out to Mexican music in 2006 (or was it 2005?)
Many highly-talented people passed through that station over the years.
No doubt.
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George Mooney actually pushed it to the top one book. Several people on George V's Knoxville radio board chimed in about it. Jay what's-his-face was there before going into acting and Mork and Mindy. Kerry Lambert was a 17 year old PD when it was AOR and suffered through the start of its disco era. Randy Miller worked there (Fulton HS graduate) before heading to WNOX, and then The Majors.
Were that I were sober, I would likely be able to call up half a dozen names or more. All awesome.
Were that I were sober, I would likely be able to call up half a dozen names or more. All awesome.
Jay THOMAS was actually here in the Charlotte, NC market on WAYS/WROQ before "Mork and Mindy". I'm not sure whether he moved to acting immediately after leaving here or went to Knoxville first.Tennessee Cowboy said:George Mooney actually pushed it to the top one book. Several people on George V's Knoxville radio board chimed in about it. Jay what's-his-face was there before going into acting and Mork and Mindy.
John Boy, of course, started out in Knoxville and became a legend here when I was in college. Then Billy joined him and finally they got syndicated.
Hundredthousandwatts said:Well, at least it's a 24-hour-a-day stick. Not for sure what anyone would put on it. This market lacks innovation anymore, and a new AM station would have to be heavily promoted. Just rambling out thoughts here, but with nighttime coverage in the city KGN has more to offer than a lot of the other AMs that try to be players. (See 1180.) It was a great service to the older black communtiy until it was farmed out to Mexican music in 2006 (or was it 2005?)
WVLZ has been staying on at night for almost a year, does anyone know if they have night time authority?
radio-dinosaur said:WVLZ has been staying on at night for almost a year, does anyone know if they have night time authority?
Not according to the info in Radio-Locator. I didn't go to the FCC site to confirm.
You're thinking of Bob Murphy.fortmill said:chimpanzee, Jay Thomas left Big WAYS/95Q for Chicago, I think maybe Q101, before moving to LA.
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Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:radio-dinosaur said:WVLZ has been staying on at night for almost a year, does anyone know if they have night time authority?
Not according to the info in Radio-Locator. I didn't go to the FCC site to confirm.
Heard somewhere they were going to stay on to cover high school football for Chucky-Doak, Greenback, or some other major metropolitan sports powerhouse.
And their authority is of the 'self-ordained' variety.
Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:radio-dinosaur said:WVLZ has been staying on at night for almost a year, does anyone know if they have night time authority?
Not according to the info in Radio-Locator. I didn't go to the FCC site to confirm.
They have "post sunset" power.
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=2791
If they are indeed running at night, I would hope they have something more than that letter as authorization. That letter was rescinded almost immediately with the FCC citing problems with the computer program used to recalculate PSA's and PSSA's. And even if it were a legitmate authorization, please note that the August power level is 1 watt.
Radioceo said:If they are indeed running at night, I would hope they have something more than that letter as authorization. That letter was rescinded almost immediately with the FCC citing problems with the computer program used to recalculate PSA's and PSSA's. And even if it were a legitmate authorization, please note that the August power level is 1 watt.
The FCC "lost" all of the records of old PSAs on the old regional channels. If you have the old Western Union telegram you can still use PSA. If your station does not have that telegram you are "stuck" with flea or no power. Maybe they did not get the letter that it was rescinded. Could they run some kind of part 15 scheme. I have never heard of part 15 on AM except for some roadside warnings the D.O.T. put up on roadside construction.
fortmill said:I can't remember whether he worked in radio in LA or not/
Jay did mornings for a while on Power 106 in Los Angeles when it was still a mainstream CHR...
long before that, he did nights in Nashville at 1240 WKDA
Correct. Bob Murphy left WAYS/Charlotte for Q101(WKQX)/Chicago. Murphy In The Morning replaced Jay Thomas, who left for 99X (WXLO)/New York around 1977. IIRC, immediately prior to taking over as PD and morning host at WAYS, Thomas was on nights at the Kaplan's station WAPE/Jacksonville.vchimpanzee said:You're thinking of Bob Murphy.fortmill said:chimpanzee, Jay Thomas left Big WAYS/95Q for Chicago, I think maybe Q101, before moving to LA.
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Speaking of superstars that were connected with WKGN:
http://www.myspace.com/video/chery-boofer-jim-boofer/george-mooney/60690055
I guess we can talk about George Mooney again now that Kesling is Voice of The Vols.
http://www.myspace.com/video/chery-boofer-jim-boofer/george-mooney/60690055
I guess we can talk about George Mooney again now that Kesling is Voice of The Vols.
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