WYSH-FM

[TeamSR]

I saw on the facebook page for WMYL-FM where Ron M. spoke about WYSH-FM signing on in or around 90 days from now.... Does anyone have any details on this?

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

106.7 is going to a religious bunch. They don't seem like the type to buy and flip.

 

[Elkhosen]

Looks like Johnny Pirkle's translator at 101.1 in Oak Ridge has an app to move to Clinton and simulcast WYSH-AM.

http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?facid=155919

101.1 was the translator for the short-lived WATO-AM 1290 rebirth but has been silent since around April 2010.

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

From the looks of his Facebook posts, he's hiring. And looking for a night jock for Merle.

 

[BRH]

I've always wondered why he doesn't go all classic country with Merle FM (instead of that mix of old & new). There are already 2 new country stations with better signals. Seems like a full time classic country format would be a better niche for WMYL. (classic country has gotten big numbers down the road in Chatt. for years). I know those demos are hard to sell, but when you're a rimshot signal, it's best to fill a niche & take what you can get.

 

[eacalhoun1]

I've never understood Merle and WYSH, though I do not live in the area - I listen when I'm in Pigeon Forge, since I typically take a trip to Knoxville while there. They are INDEED co-owned, right? There is SO much overlap on both stations. In other towns - like my own - where there are co-owned country station one is strictly classic country and the other is "hot" new country. Their reasoning?

 

[knoxbob]

WYSH is more the local outlet for Anderson County, also the only outlet left serving Anderson County.
Merle is more the music outlet serving the Knox-Anderson market. Don't forget that WYSH is simulcast @ 1400 in Maryville, WGAP. I think the only local stuff on 1400 is sports.