WLIL AM 730

[cardinalsfan]

I heard over the net that a Knoxville preacher bought WLIL AM and also WIFA AM? Is WLIL AM now located in Maryville? So did they move the FM back to Lenoir City or what? I know the FM is spanish but what does the AM play all of the time? Is the old AM tower still on the Wilkerson ranch?

 

[knoxbob]

I think the preacher deal fell through. But it has been recently sold to Don Fowler, not for sure if it's the one who owns the furniture stores or not. They are still playing classic country, Glen is doing the morning show and then the computer takes over. The tower is on the old Wilkerson ranch that Sue owns. The FM is back in L.C. and as far as I know it's spanish. The FM wasn't part of the deal so it will have to find a new studio.

 

[ratman2005]

It was the Don Fowler from Fowler's Furniture who bought it. The 730 studios are now supposedly in one of his furniture warehouses.

 

[BRice16]

As long as 730 keeps the Braves on the radio I'll be happy. I listen every night all spring and summer long.

 

[ratman2005]

Yes sir, the only Braves affiliates in the area are WLIL 730 in Lenior City and WLIK 1270 in Newport (too far out of range for Knox, esp. at night). Both formerly owned by the late A. Wilkerson. His son Dwight Wilkerson still owns and runs WLIK in Newport.

 

[JKersting1]

As long as 730 keeps the Braves on the radio I'll be happy. I listen every night all spring and summer long.

Braves on the radio. Painful!!

You must be a gutton for punishment. Noting against the Braves, but unless they have new announcers this year...wow...painful.

Personally, I have never been a huge fan of Denny Matthews (Bob Davis is much better), but I am enjoying being able to listen to my Royals (insert your own jokes back at me here) on the radio for the first time in years.....and on MY station.

 

[knoxbob]

Kind of out of the way..not even near LC right off of Watt rd. but how many radio stations have a swimming pool right outside the studio...

 

[BRice16]

As long as 730 keeps the Braves on the radio I'll be happy. I listen every night all spring and summer long.

Braves on the radio. Painful!!

You must be a gutton for punishment. Noting against the Braves, but unless they have new announcers this year...wow...painful.

What?????? Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren are two of the best in the business and personal favorites of mine for sure. That's why I turn the volume down on the TV and listen to 730.

 

[JKersting1]

As long as 730 keeps the Braves on the radio I'll be happy. I listen every night all spring and summer long.

Braves on the radio. Painful!!

You must be a gutton for punishment. Noting against the Braves, but unless they have new announcers this year...wow...painful.

What?????? Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren are two of the best in the business and personal favorites of mine for sure. That's why I turn the volume down on the TV and listen to 730.

Caray is UNLISTENABLE. Van Wieren is OK....but only to those who have never listened to the true masters of baseball play-by-play on RADIO. Ernie Harwell, Marty Brenneman, Vin Scully (when he was ON radio..on TV he is ONLY OK), Jack Buck, Bob Uecker, Herb Carneal, Milo Hamilton and so on.

The problem with baseball play-by-play on radio today is that too many of these guys ALSO do TV or learned on TV. Van Wieren WAS good about 20 years ago. Any more, he is just OK. Skip Caray needed to quit talking through his nose 30 years ago.

Good play-by-play baseball on radio is good because you don't need the pictures. Too many of these guys today have forgotten this or never knew it in the first place.

If you ever can find the audio on line of Vin Scully calling Sandy Koufax's last no hitter, give that a listen. That is what it is all about. Or Jack Buck calling Bob Gibson's no-no. Or listen to BOTH Scully and Hamilton call Aaron's 714....different styles of two masters.

But, different tastes and different styles for different opinions. Bobby Thomson's "shot heard around the world"...who had the better call...Russ Hodges or Red Barber? Hodges call is better known, but I personally like how Barber, as the announcer for the losing team, handled the call.

And a good engineer who knows how to keep the crowd noise at just the right level helps. (Tim Berry is a MASTER of that....few realize what that man adds to Vol Network broadcasts.)