Knoxville Radio Dial - 1977

Here is list of Knoxville radio stations that existed back in 1977.

These come from personal memory based on the posts seen on this topic.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1977

FM Dial
WKCS-FM 91.1 Knoxville (Variety)
WUOT-FM 91.9 Knoxville (Public Radio)
WLIL-FM 93.5 Lenoir City (Country)
WUUU-FM 94.3 Oak Ridge (Easy Listening)
WYSH-FM 95.3 Clinton
WEZK-FM 97.5 Knoxville (Easy Listening)
WSBM-FM 99.3 Jefferson City (Country)
WOKI-FM 100.3 Oak Ridge (Top 40)*
WSEV-FM 102.1 Sevierville (Variety)
WBIR-FM 103.5 Knoxville (Country; “Music Country WBIR”)**
WIVK-FM 107.7 Knoxville (Country)

AM Dial
WOFE-AM 580 Rockwood (Country)
WRJZ-AM 620 Knoxville (Top 40; “62 WRJZ”)
WLIL-AM 730 Lenoir City (Country)
WIVK-AM 850 Knoxville (Country//WIVK-FM 107.7)
WKXV-AM 900 Knoxville (Gospel)
WSEV-AM 930 Sevierville (Country)
WNOX-AM 990 Knoxville (Top 40)
WATO-AM 1290 Oak Ridge (AC)
WKGN-AM 1340 Knoxville (Top 40/Disco)***
WYSH-AM 1380 Clinton (Country)
WGAP-AM 1400 Maryville (Country)
WJBE-AM 1430 Knoxville (R&B)
WEAG-AM 1470 Alcoa
WJFC-AM 1480 Jefferson City
WKVQ-AM 1490 Knoxville (Top 40)
WOKI-AM 1550 Oak Ridge (AC)****
WSKT-AM 1580 Knoxville (Religious)

More information about Knoxville radio in 1977:

* - WOKI-FM 100.3 was going on three years since WOKI-FM 100.3 signed on the air. They were still aired some automated top 40 programming including southern rock.

** - WBIR-FM 103.5 had been "Music Country WBIR" for since 1975.

*** - WKGN-AM 1340 aired a top 40 format with disco music mixed in. The station later became “Disco 13” and in the summer of 1979, they became a top 40 station once again. In 1980, they became "Love 13" with an AC format.

**** - WOKI-AM 1550 was a 1-KW daytime-only adult contemporary station that simulcasted WOKI-FM 100.3 on Saturdays and Sundays. The AC format aired during the week. By the Spring 1978 ratings book, WOKI-AM changed calls to WORI.